拉
lālàláRā HSK2

pull

拉 lā frequency
pull verb
to pull, drag, or draw towards oneself

他用力拉开了门。

tā yòng​lì lā kāi le mén.

He pulled the door open with force.

play verb
to play a bowed musical instrument

他在公园里拉二胡。

tā zài gōng​yuán lǐ lā èr​hú.

He is playing the erhu in the park.

excrete verb
(colloquial) to empty one's bowels; to defecate

他昨晚拉肚子了。

tā zuó​wǎn lā dù​zi le.

He had diarrhea last night.

chat verb
to chat or talk informally

邻居们聚在一起拉家常。

lín​jū men jù zài​yī​qǐ lā jiā​cháng.

The neighbors gathered to chat.

incur verb
to incur or contract (usually debts); to owe money
拉 là
mole cricket onomatopoeia
used in 拉拉蛄 là​là​gǔ

田里有很多拉拉蛄。

tián lǐ yǒu hěn​duō là là gǔ.

There are many mole crickets in the field.

拉 lá
slit verb
to make a cut in something; to slit; to gash; to slash

他不小心在手上拉了一道口子。

tā bù xiǎo​xīn zài shǒu shàng lá le yī dào kǒu​zi.

He accidentally cut a gash in his hand.

拉 Rā
Ra abbreviation
The name of the ancient Egyptian sun god.

在古埃及神话中，拉被视为最重要的太阳神。

zài gǔ āi​jí shén​huà zhōng, Rā bèi shì​wéi zuì zhòng​yào de tài​yáng​shén.

In ancient Egyptian mythology, Ra was considered the most important sun god.

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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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)