| 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 | 拉开 | 拉開 | lā kāi | la1 kai1 | to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase | | |
| 3 | 拉力 | 拉力 | lā lì | la1 li4 | pulling force; (fig.) allure; (materials testing) tensile strength; (loanword) rally | | |
| 4 | 拉长 | 拉長 | lā cháng | la1 chang2 | to lengthen; to pull sth out longer | | |
| 5 | 拉丁美洲 | 拉丁美洲 | lā dīng měi zhōu | La1 ding1 Mei3 zhou1 | Latin America | | |
| 6 | 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 | | |
| 7 | 拉森 | 拉森 | lā sēn | La1 sen1 | (name) Larson, Larsen, Larsson or Lassen etc | | |
| 8 | 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 | | |
| 9 | 拉茶 | 拉茶 | lā chá | la1 cha2 | teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk (GM) | | |
| 10 | 拉登 | 拉登 | lā dēng | La1 deng1 | (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda | | |
| 11 | 拉德 | 拉德 | lā dé | la1 de2 | rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) | | |
| 12 | 拉倒 | 拉倒 | lā dǎo | la1 dao3 | to pull down; (coll.) to let it go; to drop it | | |
| 13 | 拉大旗作虎皮 | 拉大旗作虎皮 | lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí | la1 da4 qi2 zuo4 hu3 pi2 | lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom); fig. to borrow sb's prestige; to take the name of a great cause as a shield | | |
| 14 | 拉达克 | 拉達克 | lā dá kè | La1 da2 ke4 | Ladakh, the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir in northwest India, adjacent to Kashmir and Tibet, know as "Little Tibet" | | |
| 15 | 拉扯大 | 拉扯大 | lā che dà | la1 che5 da4 | (coll.) to bring up; to rear; to raise | | |
| 16 | 拉扯 | 拉扯 | lā che | la1 che5 | to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat | | |
| 17 | 拉孜县 | 拉孜縣 | lā zī xiàn | La1 zi1 xian4 | Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet | | |
| 18 | 拉碴 | 拉碴 | lā chā | la1 cha1 | (of beard etc) stubbly; scraggly; unkempt | | |
| 19 | 拉布拉多 | 拉布拉多 | lā bù lā duō | La1 bu4 la1 duo1 | Labrador, Canada; Labrador (a breed of dog) | | |
| 20 | 拉卜楞寺 | 拉卜楞寺 | lā bǔ lèng sì | La1 bu3 leng4 si4 | Labrang monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河县 , Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet | | |
| 21 | 拉贝 | 拉貝 | lā bèi | La1 bei4 | (John) Rabe (German eyewitness to Nanjing massacre) | | |
| 22 | 拉帮结派 | 拉幫結派 | lā bāng jié pài | la1 bang1 jie2 pai4 | to form a personal-interest clique; to recruit people to form a faction (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 拉白布条 | 拉白布條 | lā bái bù tiáo | la1 bai2 bu4 tiao2 | to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest) | | |
| 24 | 拉㞎㞎 | 拉㞎㞎 | lā bǎ ba | la1 ba3 ba5 | to poo-poo (kiddie talk) | | |
| 25 | 拉巴特 | 拉巴特 | lā bā tè | La1 ba1 te4 | Rabat, capital of Morocco | | |