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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
拉 (Kangxi radical 64, 手 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手卜廿 (QYT ), four-corner 50018 , composition ⿰扌 立 )
Derived characters
啦 , 鞡 , 菈 , 𡝰 , 𤷟 , 𭰪 , 𭾺 , 𬠏 , 鿜 , 𭘏 , 𭄻 , 𬻡
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 425 , character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11946
Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1857, character 3
Unihan data for U+62C9
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
涖
*rɯːbs, *rɯbs
莅
*rɯbs, *rɯbs
蒞
*rɯbs
位
*ɢʷrɯbs
拉
*ruːb
菈
*ruːb
颯
*sluːb
立
*rɯb
粒
*rɯb
笠
*ɡ·rɯb
砬
*rɯb
岦
*rɯb
苙
*ɡ·rɯb, *ɡrɯb
鴗
*rɯb
雴
*r̥ʰɯb
泣
*kʰrɯb
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ruːb ) : semantic 手 ( “ hand ” ) + phonetic 立 ( OC *rɯb) .
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : lā (la1 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄌㄚ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : na1
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : ла (la, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : laai1 / laap6
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : lai1 / la2
Gan (Wiktionary ) : la1
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : lâ / lâi / lô
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : la1
Jin (Wiktionary ) : la1 / lah4
Northern Min (KCR ) : lá
Eastern Min (BUC ) : lă / lăk / nà
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : la / lá / la̍p
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : la1
Wu (Northern , Wugniu ) : 1 la / 8 laq
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : la6 / la1
Note : laap6 - rare.
Note :
lă - literary;
lăk - vernacular;
nà - “to excrete”.
Note :
lá - in certain compounds;
la̍p - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
拉
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
là
Middle Chinese
‹ lop ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁəp/
English
break
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
拉
Reading #
1/1
No.
7866
Phonetic component
立
Rime group
緝
Rime subdivision
3
Corresponding MC rime
拉
Old Chinese
/*ruːb/
Definitions
拉
† to destroy ; to break ; to snap
alt. forms: 摺 / 折 , 搚 ( lā ) , 拹 ( xié )
† to insult
† to strike ; to hit ; to beat
to pull ; to drag ; to tug
將 窗簾 拉 落嚟 [Cantonese , trad. ] 将 窗帘 拉 落嚟 [Cantonese , simp. ] zoeng1 coeng1 lim2 laai1 lok6 lai4 pull down window blinds
to transport by vehicle ; to haul ; to carry on a vehicle
to play (a bowed instrument, an accordion, etc.)
拉 二胡 ― lā èrhú ― to play the erhu
我 不會 拉 小提琴 。 [MSC , trad. ] 我 不会 拉 小提琴 。 [MSC , simp. ] Wǒ bùhuì lā xiǎotíqín. I don't know how to play the violin.
to drag out ; to draw out
( Mainland China ) to owe ; to be in arrears
to lead (a group to a place); to move (a group to a place)
to help ; to lend (a hand)
to invite ; to recruit
to drag in ; to implicate
to draw in ; to canvass ; to solicit ; to attract
to organize (a group); to form (a group)
( Cantonese ) to arrest
( dialectal ) to bring up ; to raise
( Mainland China , colloquial ) to chat
拉 家常 ― lā jiācháng ― to chitchat
† ( onomatopoeia ) The sound of wind .
to excrete
拉 大便 ― lā dàbiàn ― to poo
( Cantonese ) to shift numbers
拉 分 [Cantonese ] ― laai1 fan1 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
拉 curve [Cantonese ] ― laai1 curve ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
( Hong Kong , Internet slang ) to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads; to "pull "
Synonym: pull
Antonyms: 推 ( teoi1 ) , push
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) Short for 拉把 (“library ”).
( dated Shanghainese ) Used to mark the perfective aspect .
Synonyms: 拉哉 , 拉哩
勿 吃 要 罰 個 !吃 拉 哉 。 [Shanghainese , trad. ] 勿 吃 要 罚 个 !吃 拉 哉 。 [Shanghainese , simp. ] From: 2010 , Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang)If you didn't eat you would be punished! Finish the food (ie. have the food be finished).
a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
拉 (“to pull; to tug”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
拉 , 挽
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
抻 , 扽
Taiwan
拉
Singapore
拉
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
抻 , 拉
Central Plains Mandarin
Xi'an
拉 , 抻 , 扯
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
扯 , 拉
Wuhan
拉 , 扯 , 𠡒
Guilin
扯
Jianghuai Mandarin
Yangzhou
拽 , 扽 , 拉
Hefei
拉 , 拽
Cantonese
Guangzhou
拉 , 掹
Hong Kong
拉 , 掹
Yangjiang
掹 , 拉
Singapore (Guangfu)
拉
Gan
Nanchang
扯 , 𠡒
Hakka
Meixian
挷
Jin
Taiyuan
扯
Northern Min
Jian'ou
拔 , 揄
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
拔
Southern Min
Xiamen
搝 , 擢
Quanzhou
搝 , 擢
Zhangzhou
搝 , 擢
Taipei
搝
New Taipei (Sanxia)
搝
Kaohsiung
搝
Yilan
搝
Changhua (Lukang)
搝
Taichung
搝
Tainan
搝 , 擢
Hsinchu
搝
Kinmen
搝
Penghu (Magong)
搝
Penang (Hokkien)
搝 , 擢
Singapore (Hokkien)
搝
Manila (Hokkien)
拔
Chaozhou
𠡒
Wu
Shanghai
拉
Suzhou
拉
Ningbo
拉 , 𠡒
Wenzhou
拉 , 𢱋 , 𠡒
Xiang
Changsha
扯 , 悶
Shuangfeng
扯
( to play a stringed instrument ) :
Dialectal synonyms of
拉 (“to play (a stringed instrument, e.g. the erhu)”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
拉
Northeastern Mandarin
Taiwan
拉
Singapore
拉
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
拉
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
拉
Central Plains Mandarin
Wanrong
拉
Xi'an
拉
Lanyin Mandarin
Ürümqi
拉
Southwestern Mandarin
Wuhan
鋸
Guiyang
扯
Liuzhou
扯
Cantonese
Guangzhou
拉
Hong Kong
拉
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
拉
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
扯
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
牙
Taishan
拉
Gan
Lichuan
扯
Pingxiang
鋸 , 扯
Hakka
Meixian
鋸
Dongguan (Qingxi)
拉
Heyuan (Bendihua)
拉
Wengyuan
拉
Liannan
拉
Jiexi
挨
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
牽
Changting
鋸
Wuping (Yanqian)
拉
Ninghua
鋸
Yudu
鋸
Ningdu
鋸
Tonggu (Sandu)
拉
Ganzhou (Panlong)
扯
Dayu
拉
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
鋸 , 挨
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
鋸 , 挨
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
挨 , 鋸
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
鋸 , 挨
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
挨 , 鋸
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
挨
Hong Kong
拉
Mengshan (Xihe)
拉
Luchuan
拉
Jin
Taiyuan
拉
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
鋸
Southern Min
Xiamen
拉 , 挨
Quanzhou
拉 , 挨
Zhangzhou
拉 , 挨
Zhao'an
鋸
Tainan
挨
Longyan
牽
Raoping
鋸
Shantou
鋸
Jieyang
鋸 , 牽
Haifeng
鋸
Wenchang
彈
Haikou
彈
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
牽
Wu
Shanghai
拉
Danyang
拉
Xiang
Changsha
鋸
Loudi
鋸
Dialectal synonyms of
逮捕 (“to arrest”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
拉
( Mainland China ) to cut ; to slit ; to slash
alt. forms: 剌
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
拉
( Mainland China , colloquial ) section ; part
Etymology 4
Monosyllabicization of 垃垃 .
Pronunciation
Definitions
拉 ( Huzhounese )
to be at ; to be in
at ; in
used to indicate the continuative aspect
used to indicate the perfective aspect
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
在 (“at, in”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
於
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
在
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
在 , 挨 , 跟 , 的
Taiwan
在
Harbin
在
Malaysia
在
Singapore
在
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
在 , 從
Central Plains Mandarin
Wanrong
在
Xi'an
在
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
在
Lanyin Mandarin
Ürümqi
在
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
在
Wuhan
在
Guiyang
在
Guilin
在
Liuzhou
在
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
在
Yangzhou
在
Rugao
吖
Hefei
在
Cantonese
Guangzhou
喺 , 響
Hong Kong
喺 , 響
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
喺 , 在
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
喺 , 響
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
在
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
在
Macau
喺
Guangzhou (Panyu)
喺 , 響
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
響 , 喺
Guangzhou (Conghua)
在
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
在
Foshan
喺 , 響
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
喺 , 響
Foshan (Shunde)
喺
Foshan (Sanshui)
喺
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
喺 , 響
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
在
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
在
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
響 , 揀
Zhuhai (Doumen)
揀
Jiangmen (Baisha)
喺
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
喺
Taishan
到 , 響
Kaiping (Chikan)
到 , 響
Enping (Niujiang)
到 , 響
Heshan (Yayao)
響
Dongguan
響 , 在 , 喺
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
在
Yangjiang
在
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
喺 , 響
Singapore (Guangfu)
喺
Gan
Nanchang
在
Lichuan
在
Pingxiang
在
Hakka
Meixian
嗨
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
在
Dongguan (Qingxi)
在
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
在
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
在
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
在
Yudu
在
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
在
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
在
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
在
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
在
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
在
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
在
Hong Kong
在
Senai (Huiyang)
在
Kuching (Hepo)
在
Singapore (Dabu)
在
Jin
Taiyuan
在
Xinzhou
在
Northern Min
Jian'ou
到
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
著 , 在 , 洽
Fuqing
著 , 洽
Singapore (Fuqing)
著
Southern Min
Xiamen
佇 , 踮 , 蹛
Quanzhou
佇 , 踮 , 蹛
Zhangzhou
佇 , 咧 , 蹛
Zhao'an
佇 , 蹛
Taipei
佇
New Taipei (Sanxia)
佇
Kaohsiung
佇
Yilan
佇
Changhua (Lukang)
佇
Taichung
佇
Tainan
佇 , 踮 , 蹛
Hsinchu
佇
Kinmen
佇
Penghu (Magong)
佇
Penang (Hokkien)
佇 , 蹛
Singapore (Hokkien)
佇 , 壏
Manila (Hokkien)
佇 , 踮
Chaozhou
在
Shantou
在
Shantou (Chenghai)
在
Shantou (Chaoyang)
在
Jieyang
在 , 壏 , 放
Haifeng
著
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
在
Singapore (Teochew)
在 , 壏
Leizhou
佇 , 放
Wenchang
佇
Singapore (Hainanese)
佇
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
在
Wu
Shanghai
垃 , 垃垃 , 垃拉 , 垃海 , 垃該 , 垃浪
Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)
垃該 , 拉
Shanghai (Songjiang)
立垃 , 勒嵌
Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)
垃 , 垃垃
Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)
垃該
Shanghai (Fengxian)
垃該
Shanghai (Jinshan)
有垃 , 垃該
Shanghai (Qingpu)
勒拉
Shanghai (Jiading)
勒 , 浪 , 勒浪 , 勒搭
Shanghai (Chongming)
勒勒 , 勒
Suzhou
勒 , 勒勒 , 勒裡 , 勒海 , 勒浪 , 勒篤
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
勒 , 勒海 , 勒拉 , 勒浪
Wuxi
勒 , 來勒 , 勒娘 , 勒裡
Changshu
勒笃 , 勒裡 , 勒海 , 勒浪
Kunshan
勒 , 勒浪 , 勒海
Qidong
勒
Qidong (Lüsi)
在 , 來 , 來該
Nantong (Haimen)
勒 , 勒特 , 勒海 , 勒勒
Haimen (Sijia)
來 , 來到
Rudong
勒 , 勒勒
Pinghu
勒 , 勒海 , 勒浪 , 勒化 , 來 , 來海 , 來浪 , 來化
Haining (Xiashi)
有起霍 , 有起 , 有垃 , 起勒 , 起 , 勒 , 起霍
Haiyan
勒 , 勒勒
Changzhou
勒 , 勒蕩 , 勒娘 , 勒頭 , 漏
Liyang
立
Changzhou (Jintan)
在 , 則
Danyang
在 , 則
Jingjiang
來 , 勒
Jiangyin
勒 , 勒勒
Nanjing (Gaochun)
來 , 拉 , 垃 , 得 , 擱
Huzhou
拉
Deqing
垃 , 垃好 , 來該 , 來東 , 拉好 , 有好
Deqing (Geting)
拉
Hangzhou
勒 , 勒哈 , 來搭 , 來東 , 在
Hangzhou (Lin'an)
來 , 來埭 , 來同
Hangzhou (Fuyang)
勒 , 勒裡 , 勒帶 , 勒底
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)
來帶 , 來東 , 來夯 , 帶 , 東 , 夯
Tonglu
來 , 來裡 , 來夯
Shaoxing
來帶 , 來埭 , 來東 , 來同 , 來夯 , 帶 , 埭 , 東 , 同 , 夯
Shaoxing (Keqiao)
來帶 , 來東 , 來夯 , 帶 , 東 , 夯
Zhuji
來克 , 來客 , 勒克 , 勒客 , 克 , 客
Shengzhou
來 , 來帶 , 來東 , 來夯
Xinchang
來固 , 來蒙 , 來頭
Ningbo
來 , 來勒 , 來的 , 來對 , 來東 , 來當 , 來該
Ningbo (Zhenhai)
來
Ningbo (Beilun)
來 , 來該 , 來的 , 來對 , 來當
Ningbo (Yinzhou)
立該 , 來 , 來的 , 來該
Yuyao
來 , 得 , 來浪
Ninghai
來的
Zhoushan (Dinghai)
勒
Wenzhou
是
Xiang
Changsha
在
Loudi
在
Shuangfeng
在
Dialectal synonyms of
正在 (“in the process of; currently”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
正在 , 刻正
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
正在 , 在
Taiwan
正在 , 在
Malaysia
正在 , 在
Singapore
正在 , 在
Southwestern Mandarin
Guilin
在
Cantonese
Guangzhou
喺度 , 喺處 , 響度 , 響處
Hong Kong
喺度 , 喺處 , 響度 , 響處
Singapore (Guangfu)
喺度
Hakka
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
當 , 在該 , 當在
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
當 , 在該
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
當 , 在該
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
當 , 在該
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
當 , 在該
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
正在 , 在遐
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
著𡅏 , 𡅏
Fuqing
著𡅏
Singapore (Fuqing)
著𡅏
Southern Min
Xiamen
佇咧 , 咧 , 當咧 , 拄咧 , 拄佇咧
Quanzhou
佇咧 , 咧 , 當咧 , 拄咧 , 拄佇咧
Zhangzhou
咧 , 當咧 , 拄咧 , 當時
Tainan
佇咧 , 咧 , 當咧
Penang (Hokkien)
佇
Singapore (Hokkien)
佇 , 佇咧
Manila (Hokkien)
佇咧 , 咧
Shantou
在
Shantou (Chaoyang)
在
Singapore (Teochew)
在
Wu
Shanghai
垃 , 垃垃 , 垃拉 , 垃海 , 垃該
Ningbo
來 , 來的 , 來該 , 來當 , 來東 , 來勒
Wenzhou
是 , 是搭
Dialectal synonyms of
著 (“(particle indicating the continuation of an action or a state)”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
著
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
著
Taiwan
著
Harbin
著
Singapore
著
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
著
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
著
Central Plains Mandarin
Wanrong
著
Xi'an
著
Xuzhou
著
Southwestern Mandarin
Wuhan
倒
Guiyang
倒
Guilin
倒
Liuzhou
倒 , 穩
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
著
Cantonese
Guangzhou
緊
Hong Kong
緊
Singapore (Guangfu)
緊
Gan
Nanchang
倒
Hakka
Meixian
等
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
等
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
等
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
等
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
緊
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
等
Kuching (Hepo)
緊
Jin
Taiyuan
著
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
緊
Wu
Shanghai
勒海 , 勒該
Hangzhou
勒
Ningbo
的 , 該 , 當 , 東 , 仔 , 勒眼
Zhoushan
底 , 的 rare , 該 , 當 , 仔 , 勒眼
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Definitions
拉
Alternative form of 落 ( là )
Used in 拉拉蛄 , alternative form of 蝲蝲蛄 ( làlàgǔ )
Etymology 6
Pronunciation
Definitions
拉
A verbal suffix.
Etymology 7
Pronunciation
Definitions
拉
( Zhangzhou Hokkien ) to release ; to untie ; to loosen ; to get untied ; to come loose
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
拉
(Jōyō kanji )
to drag
to pull
to draw
to carry off
to crush
Used in phonetic transcription of foreign words .
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 拉 (MC lop ).
Hanja
Wikisource
拉 (eumhun 끌 랍 ( kkeul rap ) , word-initial (South Korea) 끌 납 ( kkeul nap ) )
hanja form? of ] ( “ to pull ” )
Compounds
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
拉 : Hán Việt readings: lạp (落 ( lạc ) 合 ( hợp ) 切 ( thiết ) )[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
拉 : Nôm readings: sắp [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] , dập [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] , lớp [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] , rập [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] , rắp [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] , lấp [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] , lợp [ 1] [ 3] [ 4] , sụp [ 1] [ 3] [ 4] , lắp [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] , giập [ 1] [ 3] , ráp [ 2] [ 3] , loạt [ 3] [ 4] , rợp [ 1] , sập [ 1] , láp [ 3] , lọp [ 3] , đập [ 3] , xập [ 3] , xệp [ 3] , lạp [ 4] , rấp [ 5]
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