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The Cantonese word laa - 拉 - laa1
(to pull in Cantonese)

Deutsche Übersetzung von laa     Deutsch     Deutsche Übersetzung
Traduction française de laa    Français    Traduction française
Traducción española delaa     Español     Traducción española




Romanization (Jyutping)

laa1
also: laap6, laai1

English translations

to pull, to lengthen

Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 拉 ( laa1 ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
拉
The traditional Chinese characters of laa1 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
Events, Movements, Changes and Directions
Character complexity
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拉 is composed of 8 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

stand  |  hand
拉 ( laa / laa1 ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 469)
Other characters that are pronounced laa1 in Cantonese
啦 (final particle) , 喇 (woodwind instrument)
More words that mean to pull in Cantonese
jan5 ( 引 ), paan1 ( 扳 ), to1 ( 拖 ), waan5 ( 挽 )

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