拉
lālálàlǎ HSK2

pull

拉 lā frequency
to pull verb
to pull; to draw; to tug; to drag; to haul or move something toward oneself

你为什么要拉我上来？

nǐ wèi​shén​me yào lā wǒ shàng lai?

Why did you pull me up?

有人拉她的头发。

yǒu rén lā tā de tóu​fa.

Someone pulled her hair.

to play (instrument) verb
to play a bowed musical instrument, such as a violin or erhu

他小提琴拉得很好。

tā xiǎo​tí​qín lā de hěn hǎo.

He plays the violin very well.

to extend verbadjective
to stretch; to prolong; to drag out or lengthen a sound or distance
to empty the bowels nounverb
(colloquial) to defecate; to have a bowel movement
to lead verb
to lead or organize a group of people, especially a military unit
to help verb
to give someone a hand; to help someone out; to pull someone through a difficulty
surname proper noun
a Chinese surname
to recruit
to win over; to solicit business; to pull strings; to build connections or relationships
to involve
to implicate or involve someone; to drag someone into a situation
to chat
(colloquial) to chat; to gossip; to engage in small talk
Latin America
(abbreviation) (bound form) shorthand for 拉丁美洲 lā​dīng​měi​zhōu (Latin America)
to transport
to carry or transport goods or people by vehicle
to rear
to raise or bring up a child, often through hardship
to owe
to run up or owe a debt; to be in arrears
to break
(literary) to break or snap; to destroy, as in the idiom 摧枯拉朽 cuī​kū​lā​xiǔ
拉 lá
to slash
to slit; to cut; to gash or slash something open
拉 là
to leave behind
to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring something; to lag or fall behind
拉 lǎ
cut
a cut or part that has been sliced open; a slit

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Frequency
Character
Written text
324th most common 692.8 per million
Movie subtitles
256th most common 662.0 per million appears in 73% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
245.0 per million appears in 46% of films
Written text
222.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+62C9

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)