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Pull (transport - to tow - drawn)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 5 sentences

拉 (lā) means Pull (transport - to tow - drawn). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

请把门 开。

Qǐng bǎ mén lā kāi.

Please pull the door open.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 ·

妈妈 着孩子的手过马路。

Māma lā zhe háizi de shǒu guò mǎlù.

The mother took her child's hand and crossed the road.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 ·

From the graded readers

上个月,我跑完了人生第一个马 松。

shànggèyuè, wǒ pǎowán le / liǎo / liào rénshēng dìyī gè mǎlāsōng.

Last month I finished the first marathon of my life.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running

From the travel phrasebook

肚子。

Wǒ lā dùzi.

I have diarrhoea.

Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies

你进群。

Wǒ lā nǐ jìn qún.

I'll add you to the group.

Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch

Questions about 拉

How is 拉 used in a sentence?

This page shows 5 sentences using 拉 (lā, "Pull (transport - to tow - drawn)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 拉 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 拉 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 拉 an HSK word?

Yes — 拉 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 拉?

The dictionary page for 拉 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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