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拉伸lā shēn
stretch
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 拉伸 | lāshēn | |
| 1. v. to draw out; to stretch | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| stretch | ||
| 1. 伸展；拉长；延伸；夸大 | ||
| Components | ||
| 拉 | lā | |
| (Alternative form 摺, 搚, 拹) | ||
| 1. to pull; to drag; to tug | ||
| 將 窗簾 拉laai1 落嚟 - pull down window blinds | ||
| 2. to transport by vehicle; to haul; to carry on a vehicle | ||
| 3. to play (a bowed instrument, an accordion, etc.) | ||
| 拉 二胡 - to play the erhu | ||
| 我 不會 拉 小提琴。 - I don't know how to play the violin. | ||
| 4. to drag out; to draw out | ||
| 5. (Mainland) to owe; to be in arrears | ||
| 6. to lead (a group to a place); to move (a group to a place) | ||
| 7. to help; to lend (a hand) | ||
| 8. to invite; to recruit | ||
| 9. to drag in; to implicate | ||
| 10. to draw in; to canvass; to solicit; to attract | ||
| 11. to organize (a group); to form (a group) | ||
| 12. (Cantonese) to arrest | ||
| 13. (dialectal) to bring up; to raise | ||
| 14. (Mainland, colloquial) to chat | ||
| 拉 家常 - to chitchat | ||
| 15. to excrete | ||
| 拉 大便 - to poo | ||
| 16. (Hong Kong, internet slang) to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads; to "pull". | ||
| (syn, yue, pull) | ||
| (ant, yue, 推, push) | ||
| 17. (dated Shanghainese Wu) (Used to mark the perfective aspect.) | ||
| Synonyms: 拉哉, 拉哩 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 18. (Mainland) to cut; to slit; to slash | ||
| (Alternative form 剌) | ||
| 19. (Mainland, colloquial) section; part | ||
| 20. Alternative form of 落 (là) | ||
| 21. Used in 拉拉蛄 (,) Alternative form of 蝲蝲蛄 | ||
| 22. (A verbal suffix.) | ||
| 伸 | shēn | |
| 1. to extend; to stretch out | ||
| 伸長 兩 隻 手 - to extend two hands | ||
| 2. to report | ||
| 3. (Hakka, Hokkien) to be left; to remain | ||
| (Alternative form 剩, 賰, 偆) | ||
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Pronunciation
lā shēn
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