| 1 | 拉 | 拉 | lā | la1 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | | |
| 2 | 拖拉机 | 拖拉機 | tuō lā jī | tuo1 la1 ji1 | tractor; Classifiers: 台 | | |
| 3 | 拉开 | 拉開 | lā kāi | la1 kai1 | to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase | | |
| 4 | 阿拉伯 | 阿拉伯 | ā lā bó | A1 la1 bo2 | Arabian; Arabic; Arab | | |
| 5 | 南斯拉夫 | 南斯拉夫 | nán sī lā fū | Nan2 si1 la1 fu1 | Yugoslavia, 1943-1992 | | |
| 6 | 拉力 | 拉力 | lā lì | la1 li4 | pulling force; (fig.) allure; (materials testing) tensile strength; (loanword) rally | | |
| 7 | 伊拉克 | 伊拉克 | yī lā kè | Yi1 la1 ke4 | Iraq | | |
| 8 | 柏拉图 | 柏拉圖 | bó lā tú | Bo2 la1 tu2 | Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher | | |
| 9 | 拉长 | 拉長 | lā cháng | la1 chang2 | to lengthen; to pull sth out longer | | |
| 10 | 阿拉伯人 | 阿拉伯人 | ā lā bó rén | A1 la1 bo2 ren2 | Arab; Arabian; Arabian people | | |
| 11 | 拉丁美洲 | 拉丁美洲 | lā dīng měi zhōu | La1 ding1 Mei3 zhou1 | Latin America | | |
| 12 | 法拉第 | 法拉第 | fǎ lā dì | Fa3 la1 di4 | Faraday (name); Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity | | |
| 13 | 撒哈拉人 | 撒哈拉人 | sā hā lā rén | Sa1 ha1 la1 ren2 | Sahrawi (person) | | |
| 14 | 切格瓦拉 | 切格瓦拉 | qiè gé wǎ lā | Qie4 Ge2 wa3 la1 | Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967), Cuban Revolution leader | | |
| 15 | 撒哈拉威 | 撒哈拉威 | sā hā lā wēi | Sa1 ha1 la1 wei1 | Sahrawi | | |
| 16 | 拉下脸 | 拉下臉 | lā xià liǎn | la1 xia4 lian3 | to look displeased; to not be afraid of hurting sb's feelings; to put aside one's pride | | |
| 17 | 芭拉芭拉 | 芭拉芭拉 | bā lā bā lā | ba1 la1 ba1 la1 | para para, a Eurobeat dance originating in Japan, with synchronized upper body movements (loanword from Japanese) | | |
| 18 | 塔拉斯河 | 塔拉斯河 | tǎ lā sī hé | Ta3 la1 si1 He2 | Talas River, originating in Kyrgyzstan and flowing west into Kazakhstan | | |
| 19 | 费拉 | 費拉 | fèi lā | fei4 la1 | fellah (loanword) | | |
| 20 | 拉森 | 拉森 | lā sēn | La1 sen1 | (name) Larson, Larsen, Larsson or Lassen etc | | |
| 21 | 美拉尼西亚 | 美拉尼西亞 | měi lā ní xī yà | Mei3 la1 ni2 xi1 ya4 | Melanesia | | |
| 22 | 西属撒哈拉 | 西屬撒哈拉 | xī shǔ sā hā lā | Xi1 shu3 Sa1 ha1 la1 | Spanish Sahara (former Spanish colony in Africa) | | |
| 23 | 拉不出屎来怨茅房 | 拉不出屎來怨茅房 | lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng | la1 bu4 chu1 shi3 lai2 yuan4 mao2 fang2 | lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom); fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings | | |
| 24 | 是骡子是马,拉出来遛遛 | 是騾子是馬,拉出來遛遛 | shì luó zi shì mǎ , lā chū lai liù liu | shi4 luo2 zi5 shi4 ma3 , la1 chu1 lai5 liu4 liu5 | see 是騾子是馬 ,是骡子是马 ,牵出来遛遛 | | |
| 25 | 阿拉伯共同市场 | 阿拉伯共衕市場 | ā lā bó gòng tóng shì chǎng | A1 la1 bo2 Gong4 tong2 Shi4 chang3 | Arab Common Market | | |