Pull in Chinese (Mandarin): 拉 (lā)
拉
lā
pull
- Simplified
- 拉
- Traditional
- 拉
- Pinyin
- lā
- Typed as
- la
Use it in a sentence
小狗拉着绳子。
小狗拉著繩子。
The puppy pulls the rope.
The characters in 拉
拉
To pull. 扌 (hand) is on the left.
8 strokes
First tone. It is the opposite of 推 (tuī, push). Pulling hands, 拉手 (lā shǒu), means holding hands.
More examples with 拉
我拉着妈妈的手。
我拉著媽媽的手。
Wǒ lāzhe māma de shǒu.
I hold Mom's hand.
用力拉！
Yònglì lā!
Pull hard!
How to write 拉 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
拉 8 strokes
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