| 拉 | lā | to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw |
| 拉力 | lā lì | tension |
| 拉丁美洲 | Lā dīng Měi zhōu | Latin America |
| 拉伸 | lā shēn | to draw; to stretch |
| 拉杆 | lā gān | tension bar |
| 拉萨 | Lā sà | Lhasa, capital city of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治区 |
| 拉开 | lā kāi | to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase |
| 拉拢 | lā lǒng | to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice |
| 拉长 | lā cháng | to lengthen; to pull sth out longer |
| 拉瓦锡 | Lā wǎ xī | Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry |
| 拉丁文 | Lā dīng wén | Latin (language) |
| 拉手 | lā shǒu | to hold hands; to shake hands |
| 拉手 | lā shou | a handle; to pull on a handle |
| 拉夫 | lā fū | to force into service; press-gang |
| 拉扯 | lā che | to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat |
| 拉管 | lā guǎn | trombone |
| 拉倒 | lā dǎo | lit. pull and fall; (coll.) the deal is off; forget about it!; let it go at that! |
| 拉各斯 | Lā gè sī | Lagos (Nigerian city) |
| 拉平 | lā píng | to bring to the same level; to even up; to flare out; to flatten out |
| 拉关系 | lā guān xì | to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit; to suck up to sb |
| 拉制 | lā zhì | manufacture |
| 拉丁字母 | Lā dīng zì mǔ | Latin alphabet |
| 拉屎 | lā shǐ | to defecate; to shit; to crap |
| 拉巴斯 | Lā bā sī | La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia |
| 拉巴特 | Lā bā tè | Rabat, capital of Morocco |
| 拉德 | lā dé | rad (unit of radiation) |
| 拉丁 | lā dīng | Latin; (in former times) to press-gang; to kidnap and force people into service |
| 拉丁化 | Lā dīng huà | romanization |
| 拉丁文字 | Lā dīng wén zì | the alphabet; latin letters |
| 拉丁方块 | lā dīng fāng kuài | Latin square (math. puzzle) |
| 拉丁舞 | lā dīng wǔ | Latin American dancing |
| 拉丁语 | Lā dīng yǔ | Latin (language) |
| 拉什卡尔加 | Lā shí kǎ ěr Jiā | Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan |
| 拉什莫尔山 | Lā shí mò ěr shān | Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota |
| 拉个手 | lā ge shǒu | to hold hands |
| 拉伤 | lā shāng | to pull; to injure by straining |
| 拉克替醇 | lā kè tì chún | lactitol, a sugar alcohol |
| 拉入 | lā rù | to pull into; to draw in |
| 拉力赛 | lā lì sài | rally (car race)(loanword) |
| 拉勾儿 | lā gòur | to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise |
| 拉包尔 | Lā bāo ěr | Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea |
| 拉匝禄 | Lā zā lù | Lazarus (Catholic transliteration) |
| 拉卜楞寺 | Lā bǔ lèng sì | Labrang monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河县, Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet |
| 拉合尔 | Lā hé ěr | Lahore (city in Pakistan) |
| 拉圾 | lā jī | variant of 垃圾; trash; refuse; garbage; Taiwan pr. |
| 拉大便 | là dà biàn | to poop; to defecate |
| 拉大条 | lā dà tiáo | to defecate (slang) |
| 拉夫堡 | Lā fū bǎo | Loughborough, English city |
| 拉夫堡大学 | Lā fū bǎo dà xué | Loughborough University |
| 拉夫桑贾尼 | Lā fū sāng jiǎ ní | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
