| Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 拉 |
lā |
(Alternative form 摺, 搚, 拹) |
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1. to pull; to drag; to tug |
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將 窗簾 拉laai1 落嚟 - pull down window blinds |
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2. to transport by vehicle; to haul; to carry on a vehicle |
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3. to play (a bowed instrument, an accordion, etc.) |
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拉 二胡 - to play the erhu |
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我 不會 拉 小提琴。 - I don't know how to play the violin. |
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4. to drag out; to draw out |
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5. (Mainland) to owe; to be in arrears |
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6. to lead (a group to a place); to move (a group to a place) |
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7. to help; to lend (a hand) |
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8. to invite; to recruit |
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9. to drag in; to implicate |
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10. to draw in; to canvass; to solicit; to attract |
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11. to organize (a group); to form (a group) |
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12. (Cantonese) to arrest |
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13. (dialectal) to bring up; to raise |
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14. (Mainland, colloquial) to chat |
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拉 家常 - to chitchat |
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15. to excrete |
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拉 大便 - to poo |
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16. (Hong Kong, internet slang) to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads; to "pull". |
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(syn, yue, pull) |
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(ant, yue, 推, push) |
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17. (dated Shanghainese Wu) (Used to mark the perfective aspect.) |
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Synonyms: 拉哉, 拉哩 |
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勿 吃 要 罰 個！吃 拉哉。 - tr=, If you didn't eat you would be punished! Finish the food (ie. have the food be finished)., SH, ref=2010, Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghai |
| lá |
18. (Mainland) to cut; to slit; to slash |
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(Alternative form 剌) |
| lǎ |
19. (Mainland, colloquial) section; part |
| là |
20. Alternative form of 落 (là) |
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21. Used in 拉拉蛄 (,) Alternative form of 蝲蝲蛄 |
| la |
22. (A verbal suffix.) |
