拉 lā ㄌㄚ to pull to play (a bowed instrument) to drag to draw to chat to empty one's bowels coll. lá ㄌㄚˊ to make a cut in (sth) to slit to gash to slash Where 拉 is used Example sentences and grammar articles using 拉 Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0