= l + a1
to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels
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How to pronounce 拉

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= l initial

L is for Sir Lancelot.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ a1 final

In front of the ashram.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

拉 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
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= li + Ø4
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
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Characters with 拉 as component

= l + a1
(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc / (phonetic) / (dialect) to chat
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la = l + a5
sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation / particle placed after each item in a list of examples
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la = l + a5
leg warmer
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Words with 拉

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Sara or Sarah (name)

Sentences with 拉

拉 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels

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