Pinyin Dictionary results for "lā"

old variant of 蠟|蜡[la4]
to slash
perverse; unreasonable; absurd
(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat
sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples
(onom.) sound of wind, rain etc
(phonetic)
see 垃圾[la1 ji1]; Taiwan pr. [le4]
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat
old variant of 攋[la4]
to destroy; to rip; to tear open
see 旮旯[ga1 la2]
to plant trees (old)
scabies; scald-head
a huge boulder; a towering rock
old variant of 砬[la2]
old variant of 臘|腊[la4]; 12th lunar month
12th lunar month; preserved (meat, fish etc)
to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind
Japanese variant of 蠟|蜡[la4]
see 蝲蛄, fresh-water crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)
candle; wax
old variant of 辣[la4]
hot (spicy); pungent
see 邋遢[la1 ta5]
solder; tin
leg warmer
bald; scabby
啦呱
variant of 拉呱[la1 gua5]
啦啦队
support team; cheering squad; cheerleader
啦啦队长
cheer leader
喇叭
horn (automobile etc); loudspeaker; brass wind instrument; trumpet; suona 鎖吶|锁呐[suo3 na4]
喇叭形
flared; funnel-shape; trumpet-shape
喇叭水仙
daffodil
喇叭花
morning glory
喇叭裙
flared skirt
喇叭裤
flared trousers; bell-bottomed pants
喇合
Rahab (mother of Boaz)
喇嘛
lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
喇嘛庙
lamasery; temple of Tibetan Buddhism
喇嘛教
Lamaism; Tibetan Buddhism
喇沙
La Salle (used in the names of schools etc); Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651-1719), French priest, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
喇沙
laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia
喇舌
(Tw) French kissing; to waggle one's tongue around
垃圾
trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]
垃圾堆
garbage heap
垃圾工
garbage collector
垃圾桶
rubbish bin; trash can; garbage can; Taiwan pr. [le4 se4 tong3]
垃圾筒
trashcan
垃圾箱
rubbish can; garbage can; trash can
垃圾股
junk bonds; high-yield bonds
垃圾车
garbage truck (or other vehicle)
垃圾邮件
junk mail; spam; unsolicited mail
垃圾电邮
see 垃圾郵件|垃圾邮件[la1 ji1 you2 jian4]
垃圾食品
junk food
拉K
(slang) to take ketamine
拉㞎㞎
to poo-poo (kiddie talk)
拉丁
Latin; (in former times) to press-gang; to kidnap and force people into service
拉丁化
romanization
拉丁字母
Latin alphabet
拉丁文
Latin (language)
拉丁文字
the alphabet; latin letters
拉丁方块
Latin square (math. puzzle)
拉丁美洲
Latin America
拉丁舞
Latin dance
拉丁语
Latin (language)
拉交情
to try to form friendly ties with sb for one's own benefit; to suck up to sb
拉什卡尔加
Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan
拉什莫尔山
Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
拉伸
to draw; to stretch
拉伸强度
tensile strength
拉个手
to hold hands
拉倒
to pull down; (coll.) to let it go; to drop it
拉伤
to pull; to injure by straining
拉克替醇
lactitol, a sugar alcohol
拉入
to pull into; to draw in
拉制
manufacture
拉力
tension
拉力赛
rally (car race) (loanword)
拉勾儿
to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise
拉包尔
Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
拉匝禄
Lazarus (Catholic transliteration)
拉卜楞寺
Labrang monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河縣|夏河县[Xia4 he2 xian4], Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
拉各斯
Lagos (Nigerian city)
拉合尔
Lahore (city in Pakistan)
拉呱
(dialect) to chat; to gossip
拉圾
variant of 垃圾; trash; refuse; garbage; Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]
拉坯
to make ceramics (on a potter's wheel)
拉场子
(of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc); (fig.) to enhance sb's reputation; to make a name for oneself
拉大便
to poop; to defecate
拉大旗作虎皮
lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom); fig. to borrow sb's prestige; to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉大条
to defecate (slang)
拉夫
to force into service; press-gang
拉夫堡
Loughborough, English city
拉夫堡大学
Loughborough University
拉夫桑贾尼
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
拉夫罗夫
Lavrov (name); Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004
拉奎拉
L'Aquila, Italy
拉姆安拉
Ramallah
拉姆斯菲尔德
Donald Rumsfeld (1932-), former US Secretary of Defense
拉孜
Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
拉孜县
Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
拉客
to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc); to importune
拉家带口
to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family; tied down by family obligations
拉家常
to talk or chat about ordinary daily life
拉尼娜
La Niña, equatorial climatic variation over the Eastern Pacific, as opposed to El Niño 厄爾尼諾|厄尔尼诺
拉尼娅
Rania (name)
拉屎
to defecate; to shit; to crap
拉山头
to start a clique; to form a faction
拉冈
Lacan (psychoanalyst)
拉巴斯
La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia
拉巴特
Rabat, capital of Morocco
拉布拉多
Labrador, Canada; Labrador (a breed of dog)
拉帕斯
La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia, usually written as 拉巴斯
拉平
to bring to the same level; to even up; to flare out; to flatten out
拉后钩儿
(dialect) to leave unfinished business
拉德
rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword)
拉手
to hold hands; to shake hands
拉手
a handle; to pull on a handle
拉扯
to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat
拉扯大
(coll.) to bring up; to rear; to raise
拉抬
(Tw) to pull sth up; (fig.) to give a boost to; to support
拉拉
Lala, Philippines
拉拉
lesbian (Internet slang); Labrador retriever
拉拉扯扯
to tug at; to pull at sb aggressively; to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way; (derog.) to hobnob; to consort
拉拉队
support team; cheering squad; cheerleader; also written 啦啦隊|啦啦队
拉撒路
Lazarus (Protestant transliteration)
拉拢
to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice
拉文克劳
Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
拉文纳
Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy
拉斐尔
Raphael
拉斐特
Lafayette
拉斯帕尔马斯
Las Palmas, Spain
拉斯穆森
Rasmussen (name)
拉斯维加斯
Las Vegas, Nevada
拉普拉斯
Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician
拉普兰
Lapland (northern Europe)
拉杆
tension bar
拉架
to try to stop a fight; to intervene in a fight
拉格朗日
Lagrange (name); Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1735-1813), French mathematician and physicist
拉格比
Rugby (game); Rugby school in England
拉比
rabbi (loanword)
拉沙病毒
Lassa virus
拉法格
Lafargue (name); Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary activist, son-in-law of Karl Marx
拉法兰
Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac
拉法赫
Rafah, city in Palestine
拉活
(northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver); to pick up a piece of work (as a courier)
拉尔夫
Ralph (name)
拉尔维克
Larvik (city in Vestfold, Norway)
拉狄克
Karl Berngardovich Radek (1885-1939), Bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of Moscow Sun Yat-sen University, died in prison during Stalin's purges
拉环
ring pull (can); strap handle (on bus or train); circular door handle
拉瓦尔
Laval (name)
拉瓦锡
Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
拉生意
to tout; to solicit customers
拉登
(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
拉白布条
to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
拉皮
to have a facelift; facelift
拉皮条
to procure; to act as pimp
拉碴
(of beard etc) stubbly; scraggly; unkempt
拉祜族
Lahu ethnic group of Yunnan
拉票
to campaign for votes; to ask voters for support
拉科鲁尼亚
La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)
拉稀
(coll.) to have diarrhea; to shrink back; to cower
拉筋
stretching (exercise)
拉管
trombone
拉米夫定
Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS; brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV
拉纳卡
Larnaca (city in Cyprus); Larnaka
拉丝模
die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
拉紧
to pull tight; tensioning
拉美
Latin America; abbr. for 拉丁美洲
拉美西斯
Rameses (name of pharaoh)
拉肚子
(coll.) to have diarrhea
拉脱维亚
Latvia
拉兹莫夫斯基
Razumovsky (name); Prince Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian diplomat
拉茶
teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk (GM)
拉莫斯
(Philippine President Fidel) Ramos
拉菲草
raffia (loanword)
拉盖尔
Laguerre (name); Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician
拉萨
Lhasa, capital city of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区
拉萨市
Lhasa, Tibetan: Lha sa grong khyer, capital of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
拉萨条约
Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
拉话
(dialect) to chat
拉贾斯坦邦
Rajasthan (state in India)
拉赫曼尼诺夫
Rachmaninoff or Rachmaninov (name); Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian composer and pianist
拉辛
Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist
拉达克
Ladakh, the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir in northwest India, adjacent to Kashmir and Tibet, know as 'Little Tibet'
拉那烈
Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944-), Cambodian politician and son of former King Sihanouk of Cambodia
拉里
lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
拉铆枪
see 鉚釘槍|铆钉枪[mao3 ding1 qiang1]
拉钩
pinky swear
拉锯
a two-man saw; fig. to-and-fro between two sides
拉锯战
to-and-fro tussle; closely-fought contest
拉锁
zipper
拉链
zipper
拉长
to lengthen; to pull sth out longer
拉长脸
to pull a long face; to scowl
拉开
to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase
拉开序幕
(fig.) to raise the curtain; to lift the curtain; to be a curtain raiser for
拉开架势
to assume a fighting stance; (fig.) to take the offensive
拉关系
to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit; to suck up to sb
拉杂
disorganized; rambling; incoherent
拉青格
Ratzinger (German surname of Pope Benedict XVI)
拉顿
Rodan (Japanese ラドン Radon), Japanese movie monster
拉风
trendy; eye-catching; flashy
拉马特甘
Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University
拉高
to pull up
拉鲁
Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name; Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician; Lhalu suburb of Lhasa
拉鲁湿地国家自然保护区
Lhalu Wetland National Nature Reserve in Lhasa
拉面
pulled noodles; ramen
拉黑
to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc); abbr. for 拉到黑名單|拉到黑名单
拉齐奥
Lazio (region in Italy)
揦子
(dialect) glass bottle
腊克
lacquer (loanword)
腊八节
Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
腊八粥
Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
腊月
twelfth lunar month
腊梅
wintersweet; Japanese allspice; Chimonanthus praecox
腊肠
sausage
蝲蛄
fresh-water crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)
蜡像馆
waxworks; museum of waxwork figures
蜡坨
lump of wax
蜡坨儿
erhua variant of 蠟坨|蜡坨[la4 tuo2]
蜡坨子
erhua variant of 蠟坨|蜡坨[la4 tuo2]
蜡扦
candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled
蜡染
batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
蜡梅
variant of 臘梅|腊梅[la4 mei2]
蜡烛
candle; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
蜡烛不点不亮
some people have to be pushed for them to take action
蜡烛两头烧
to burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden
蜡疗
wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)
蜡笔
crayon
蜡笔小新
Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
蜡纸
wax paper; stencil paper
蜡台
candlestick; candle holder
蜡虫
Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
蜡质
waxiness
辣哈布
Rahab (name)
辣妹
Spice Girls (1990s UK pop group)
辣妹
hot chick; sexy girl; abbr. LM
辣妹子
sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan)
辣子
cayenne pepper; chili
辣彼
rabbi (loanword)
辣根
horseradish
辣椒
hot pepper; chili
辣椒仔
Tabasco (brand)
辣椒酱
red pepper paste; chili sauce
辣汁
hot sauce; chili sauce
辣胡椒
hot pepper
辣豆酱
chili con carne
辣酱油
Worcestershire sauce
邋里邋遢
messy; slovenly; unkempt
邋遢
sloppy
镴箔
thin foil to make paper money for the dead
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