lā
to pull
to play (a bowed instrument)
to drag
to draw
to chat
lā kāi
to pull open
to pull apart
to space out
to increase
lā che
to drag
to pull
to raise a child (through difficulties)
to help
to support
to drag in
to chat
Lā dēng
(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
lā lǒng
to rope in
fig. to involve sb
to entice
yì lā guàn
pull-top can
easy-open can (with ring-pull)
Lā Měi
Latin America
abbr. for 拉丁美洲
Hǎi lā ěr
Hailar district, Mongolian Xailar raion, of Hulunbuir city 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 shi4], Inner Mongolia
Bù lā gé
Prague, capital of Czech Republic
lā lā duì
support team
cheering squad
cheerleader
also written 啦啦隊|啦啦队
lā jù
a two-man saw
fig. to-and-fro between two sides
Wēi dì mǎ lā
Guatemala
see also 瓜地馬拉|瓜地马拉[Gua1 di4 ma3 la1]
Kè lā mǎ yī
Qaramay shehiri (Karamay city) or Kèlāmǎyī prefecture level city in Xinjiang
lā fū
to force into service
press-gang
Mǎ ní lā
Manila, capital of Philippines
tuō lā
to drag along
to haul
(fig.) to procrastinate
shilly-shallying
sluggish
(computing) drag and drop
(loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams
Xiāng gé lǐ lā
Shangri-La (mythical location)
Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhōng diàn] in Tibetan province of Kham
lā dīng
Latin
(in former times) to press-gang
to kidnap and force people into service
Lā sà
Lhasa, capital city of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区
ā lā
(dialect) my
our
I
we
me
us
Fǎ lā
Farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance
lā lì sài
rally (car race) (loanword)
lā shǒu
to hold hands
to shake hands
lā shou
a handle
to pull on a handle
Mèng jiā lā guó
Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)
lā jù zhàn
to-and-fro tussle
closely-fought contest
Lā sà shì
Lhasa, Tibetan: Lha sa grong khyer, capital of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区
Mǎ lā
Marat (name)
Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician
Ā lā bó shù zì
Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Bù dá lā gōng
Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
lā cháng
to lengthen
to pull sth out longer
Mǎ lā duō nà
Diego Maradona (1960-), Argentine footballer
Xī lā lǐ
Hillary (person name)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician, First lady during Bill Clinton's presidency 1993-2001, Senator for New York since 2001, US Secretary of state from 2009
kǎ lā O K5
karaoke (singing to recorded instrumental accompaniment; Japanese: empty orchestra)
lā pí
to have a facelift
facelift
lā piào
to campaign for votes
to ask voters for support
lā shǐ
to defecate
to shit
to crap
shǒu lā shǒu
to join hands
hand in hand
Ā lā shàn
Alxa league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
Lā bù lā duō
Labrador, Canada
Labrador (a breed of dog)
Zuǒ lā
Zola (name)
Émile Zola (1840-1902), French naturalist novelist
lā shāng
to pull
to injure by straining
Bó lā tú
Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher
lā lǐ
lari (currency of Georgia)
Ā lā dīng
Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
Mǐ lā
Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti)
Ā lā bó Lián hé Qiú zhǎng guó
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Kǎ lā
Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥[Duo1 ge1]
Cara, Karla etc (name)
Ōu lā
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician
Bā lā kè
Barack, Barak, Ballack (name)
tí lā mǐ sū
tiramisu (Italian dessert) (loanword)
Ā lā bó rén
Arab
Arabian
Arabian people
Pǔ lā tí
Pilates (physical fitness system)
Sū gé lā dǐ
Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher
Ā lā shàn méng
Alxa league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
Màn dé lā
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999
Lā bèi
(John) Rabe (German eyewitness to Nanjing massacre)
lā dǎo
(coll.) to let it go
to drop it
Ā lā bó wén
Arabic (language & writing)
Kān péi lā
Canberra, capital of Australia
Ā lā ěr
Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
Mǎ lā jiā
Málaga, Spain
Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan
Lā mò sī
(Philippine President Fidel) Ramos
Kè lā mǎ yī shì
Qaramay shehiri (Karamay city) or Kèlāmǎyī prefecture level city in Xinjiang
Lā mǐ fū dìng
Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS
brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV
Sā lā
Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
Ā tè lā sī
Atlas (Titan in Greek mythology)
Atlas mountains of north Africa
Běn · Lā dēng
Osama bin Laden (1957-), leader of Al Qaeda
Běn Lā dēng
(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
Táng gǔ lā
Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]
qiǎng lā
to drag (sb) along (to a place)
to yank
Shā lā bō wá
Sharapova (Russian female tennis star)
Fǎ lā shèng
Flushing Chinatown, a predominantly Chinese and Korean neighborhood of Queens, New York City
Ān lā
Allah (Arabic name of God)
Fǎ lā dì
Faraday (name)
Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity
Lā Ní nà
La Niña, equatorial climatic variation over the Eastern Pacific, as opposed to El Niño 厄爾尼諾|厄尔尼诺
Yà bó lā hǎn
Abraham (name)
Abraham, father of Judaism and Islam in the Bible and Quran
same as Ibrahim 易卜拉辛
dōng lā xī chě
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
lā guān xì
to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit
to suck up to sb
Tǎ kè lā mǎ gàn
Taklaman desert in Xinjiang
Gē sī lā
Godzilla (Japanese ゴジラ Gojira)
Xī lā kè
Jacques René Chirac (1932-), President of France 1995-2007
Wū lā ěr
the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia
lā píng
to bring to the same level
to even up
to flare out
to flatten out
Lā gé lǎng rì
Lagrange (name)
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1735-1813), French mathematician and physicist
Wū lā tè
Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
also Urat Front, Center and Rear banners
lā jià
to try to stop a fight
to intervene in a fight
Ān kǎ lā
Ankara, capital of Turkey
Lā hù zú
Lahu ethnic group of Yunnan
Lā lǔ
Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name
Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician
Lhalu suburb of Lhasa
Shā lā · Bù lái màn
Sarah Brightman (1960-), English pop star
Lā dùn
Rodan (Japanese ラドン Radon), Japanese movie monster
Ā lā fǎ tè
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特[Ya4 xi1 er3 · A1 la1 fa3 te4]
bā lā
to push lightly
to flick to one side
to get rid of
Ā lā ěr shì
Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
tóu bāo lā dìng
cefradine, cephradine (pharm.)
Xī lā lǐ · Kè lín dùn
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician, First lady during Bill Clinton's presidency 1993-2001, Senator for New York since 2001, US Secretary of state from 2009
Lā pǔ lā sī
Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician
Ā lā mù tú
Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan
Chá kè lā
Chakra (name)
Chakra system of yogic meditation
Chakra (Sanskrit: disk), one of seven symbolic nodes of the body in spiritual Yoga
Sā lā zú
Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
Lā Kē lǔ ní yà
La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)
Bó ěr tǎ lā Měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu
Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
Dá lā tè
Dalad banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia
Bó lā mǔ sī
Brahms (name)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German romantic composer
Táng gǔ lā shān
Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau
Tǎ kè lā mǎ gān shā mò
Taklamakan (desert in Central Asia)
niú ròu lā miàn
ramen (pulled noodles) with beef
Xiāng gé lǐ lā xiàn
Shangri-La county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhōng diàn] in Tibetan province of Kham
Mù shā lā fū
Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008
Dé gǔ lā
Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker
Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula
Jiā lā jiā sī
Caracas, capital of Venezuela
Dá lā tè qí
Dalad banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia
lā pí tiáo
to procure
to act as pimp
Ā lā shàn zuǒ qí
Alxa left banner, Mongolian Alshaa Züün khoshuu, in Alxa league 阿拉善盟[Ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Fù lā ěr jī
Fularji district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Hǎi lā ěr qū
Hailar district, Mongolian Xailar raion, of Hulunbuir city 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 shi4], Inner Mongolia
Lā xīn
Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist
Sà lā rè wō
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sè lā sì
Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet
Lā mǔ sī fēi ěr dé
Donald Rumsfeld (1932-), former US Secretary of Defense
Wū lā tè qián qí
Urat Front banner or Urdyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
Lā bǔ lèng sì
Labrang monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河縣|夏河县[Xia4 he2 xian4], Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
Lā hé ěr
Lahore (city in Pakistan)
Ā lā sī
Arras, town in northern France
lā fū luó fū
Lavrov (name)
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004
Mù bā lā kè
Hosni Mubarak (1928-), former Egyptian President and military commander
Mǎ lā dì
Marathi language of west India
Wū lā tè zhōng qí
Urat Center banner or Urdyn Dund khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
Lā měi xī sī
Rameses (name of pharaoh)
Lā pǔ lán
Lapland (northern Europe)
lā jī
variant of 垃圾
trash
refuse
garbage
Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]
Wū lā tè hòu qí
Urat Rear banner or Urdyn Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
Bā yán kā lā
Bayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of 黄河 Huang He river
Mǎ lā kā shí
Marrakech (city in Morocco)
ā lā bó táng
arabinose (type of sugar)
lā chá
teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk (GM)
Lā fū bǎo
Loughborough, English city
Lā zī
Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Fú lā dí wò sī tuō kè
Vladivostok (Russian port city)
Chinese name 海參崴|海参崴
Jí lā ní
Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani (1952-), Pakistan people's party politician, prime minister from 2008
Kē luó lā duō dà xiá gǔ
the Grand Canyon (Colorado)
Kù sī lā
Godzilla (Japanese ゴジラ Gojira)
see also 哥斯拉[Ge1 si1 la1]
Kè lā mǎ yī qū
Karamay district (Uighur: Qaramay Rayoni) of Qaramay City, Xinjiang
Wū pǔ sà lā
Uppsala, Swedish university city just north of Stockholm
Dà hū lā ěr
State Great Khural or Great State Assembly, Mongolian parliament
Dá lèi sī Sà lā mǔ
Dar es Salaam (former capital of Tanzania)
máo lā
Mullah (religious leader in Islam)
lā zá
disorganized
rambling
incoherent
Niè lā mù
Nyalam county, Tibetan: Gnya' lam rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Yòu fā lā dǐ
Euphrates (river in Iraq)
Mén xīng gé lā dé bā hè
Mönchengladbach (city in Germany)
Lā bā sī
La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia
Lā fǎ lán
Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac
Ā lā shàn yòu qí
Alxa right banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa league 阿拉善盟[Ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
lā sī mó
die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
Gē jí lā
Godzilla (Japanese ゴジラ Gojira)
see also 哥斯拉[Ge1 si1 la1]
Hè lā kè lì tè
Heraclitus (535-475 BC), pre-Socratic philosopher
Dí lā kè
P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist
Sū lā wēi xī
Sulawesi or Celebes (Indonesian Island)
Gǔ jí lā tè
Gujarat, state in west India
sè lā jiàng
salad dressing
vinaigrette
Lā hè màn ní nuò fū
Rachmaninoff or Rachmaninov (name)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian composer and pianist
Lā bā tè
Rabat, capital of Morocco
bā lā dí
Mohamed El Baradei (born 1942) Director of International Atomic Energy Agency and Nobel laureate
Fù lā ěr jī qū
Fularji district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Mǎ dé lā sī
Madras or Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[Qin1 nai4], capital of Tamil Nadu on East coast of India
dōng bù lā
Dombra or Tambura, Kazakh plucked lute
Hā lā léi
Harare, capital of Zimbabwe
Ā lā bó Guó jiā Lián méng
Arab League, regional organization of Arab states in Southwest Asia, and North and Northeast Africa, officially called the League of Arab States
bǐ lā xī tǎn
piracetam (loanword)
see 乙酰胺吡咯烷酮[yi3 xian1 an4 bi3 luo4 wan2 tong2]
Hè tú ā lā
Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu
Kǎn pà lā
Kampala, capital of Uganda
lā dá kè
Ladakh, the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir in northwest India, adjacent to Kashmir and Tibet, know as "Little Tibet"
Ā bā lā qì yà
Appalachian Mountains in North America
Jiā lā tài shū
Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians
Lā jiǎ sī tǎn bāng
Rajasthan (state in India)
Lā sǎ lù
Lazarus (Protestant transliteration)
Pài lā měng yǐng
Paramount pictures (US movie company)
ā tí lā
Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God
Táng gǔ lā shān mài
Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau
Kǎ sāng dé lā
Cassandra (name)
Cassandra, daughter of king Priam in Greek mythology
prophet of doom
tā la
to shuffle along (while walking)
to be deliberately slow (in doing sth)
slippers
Dá lán sà lā
Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, north India, home of Tibetan government in exile
kǎn dé lā
candela (unit of luminosity)
standard candle
Pǔ lā yà
Praia, capital of Cape Verde
Dì lā nà
Tirana, capital of Albania
Bù hā lā
Bokhara or Bukhara city in Uzbekistan
Mǎ hā lā shī tè lā bāng
Maharashtra (state in India)
Ān dé lā bāng
Andhra Pradesh or Andhra State in southeast India
Bǐ lā duō
Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story)
Lā wǎ xī
Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
Kǎ lā shí ní kē fū
Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)
Kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo
Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心[Ken3 ni2 di2 Hang2 tian1 Zhong1 xin1]
Mǎ lā dì yǔ
Marathi language of west India
Tè lā fǎ jiā Guǎng chǎng
Trafalgar Square (London)
Kǎ lā bù lǐ yà
Calabria, southernmost Italian province
Wū lā ěr shān
the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia
Tǎ lā wǎ
Tarawa, capital of Kiribati
Xún huà Sǎ lā zú zì zhì xiàn
Xunhua Salazu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hai3 dong1 di4 qu1], Qinghai
Mǎ dé lā qún dǎo
Madeira
the Madeira islands
Gǔ jí lā tè bāng
Gujarat, state in west India
Fú lā máng
Flemish, inhabitant of Flanders (Belgium)
Kǎ lā jì jī
Radovan Karadžić (1945-), former Bosnian Serb leader and war criminal
Niè lā mù xiàn
Nyalam county, Tibetan: Gnya' lam rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Xī lā yǎ zú
Siraya, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Bù lā chái wéi ěr
Brazzaville, capital of Congo
Lā zī xiàn
Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Kē dí lè lā
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands
Yuē hàn · Lā bèi
John Rabe (1882-1950), German that helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
Yuē hàn Lā bèi
John Rabe (German eyewitness to Nanjing massacre)
Lán cāng Lā hù zú zì zhì xiàn
Lancang Lahuzu autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[Pǔ ěr], Yunnan
Lā gài ěr
Laguerre (name)
Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician
Bù lā dé · Bǐ tè
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (1963-), US actor and film producer
Zhèn yuán Yí zú Hā ní zú Lā hù zú zì zhì xiàn
Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[Pǔ ěr], Yunnan
kè lā sī nuò dá ěr
Krasnodar (city in Russia)
Lā dīng wén zì
the alphabet
latin letters
Pà lā mǎ lǐ bó
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname
Ā mǔ hā lā
Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia)
Amharic
Ethiopian
Kè lóu bā tè lā
Cleopatra (name)
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC), the last Egyptian pharaoh
Sī tè lā tè fú
Stratford (place name)
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK city in Warwickshire and birthplace of William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]
Hè lā tè
Herat (city in Afghanistan)
Fàn Dé gé lā fū
Van de Graaff (name)
Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist
lā cháng liǎn
to pull a long face
to scowl
gá lā
(onom.)
same as 噶喇[ga2 la3]
Mèng lián Dǎi zú lā hù zú Wǎ zú zì zhì xiàn
Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[Pǔ ěr], Yunnan
mǎ lā gāo
Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake
Āi lā tè
Eilat, Israeli port and resort on the Red sea
Kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū xiōng dì
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基
lā nà kǎ
Larnaca (city in Cyprus)
Larnaka
xīn Bó lā tú zhǔ yì
neo-Platonism (philosophical system combining Platonism with mysticism)
Mǎ lā bó
Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea
Bù qióng bù lā
Bujumbura, capital of Burundi
Xù lā gǔ
Syracuse, Sicily
also written 錫拉庫薩|锡拉库萨[Xi1 la1 ku4 sa4]
Jī shí shān Bǎo ān zú Dōng xiāng zú Sā lā zú zì zhì xiàn
Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar autonomous county in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lín xià Húi zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu
lā fǎ gé
Lafargue (name)
Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary activist, son-in-law of Karl Marx
Kǎ měi lā
Gamera (Japanese ガメラ Gamera), Japanese movie monster
wēng wēng zǔ lā
vuvuzela (horn blown by sports fans)
Shuāng jiāng lā hù zú Wǎ zú Bù lǎng zú Dǎi zú zì zhì xiàn
Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang and Dai autonomous county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧[Lín cāng], Yunnan
Dào gé lā sī · Mài kè ā sè
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
Nǎi duī lā
Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
Lā wén nà
Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy
Zhá gé lā bù
Zagreb, capital of Croatia 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4]
Wū lā tè cǎo yuán
Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
lā jiā dài kǒu
to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
tied down by family obligations
Guā lā Dīng jiā nú
Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia
Lā pà sī
La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia, usually written as 拉巴斯
Ā sī mǎ lā
Asmara, capital of Eritrea
Mèng jiā lā Rén mín Gòng hé guó
People's Republic of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)
Lā shí mò ěr shān
Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Tè lā fǎ ěr jiā guǎng chǎng
Trafalgar Square (London)
Shā lā · Pèi lín
Sarah Palin (1964-), US Republican politician, State governor of Alaska from 2006
Yǎ lā xuě shān
Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
Kā lā kā tuō huǒ shān
Krakatoa (volcanic island in Indonesia)
Mó sī lā
Mothra (Japanese モスラ Mosura), Japanese movie monster
Huò ní yà lā
Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands
ā yà tú lā
ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)
Jī lā wéi è
Kilauea, Hawaii, the world's most active volcano
Yī sī pà ní ào lā
Hispaniola (Caribbean island including Haiti and the Dominican Republic)
Kē dí lè lā shān xì
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands
lā nà liè
(Prince) Ranariddh (son of King Sihanouk of Cambodia)
Kè lì ào pèi tè lā
Cleopatra (c. 70-30 BC), queen of Egypt
Nǎi duī lā shān kǒu
Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
yuán Nán sī lā fū
former Yugoslavia (1945-1992)
Yǎ lā shén shān
Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
gā lā hà
(Manchu loanword) knucklebones
see 羊拐[yang2 guai3]
Āi dí kǎ lā
Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
Sā lā yǔ
Salar, language of Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
Tài mǐ ěr Yī lā mǔ Měng hǔ Jiě fàng Zǔ zhī
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Ā ěr kǎn tǎ lā
Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Alcantara, Brazil space launch site
Fèi lā dé ěr fēi yà
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
abbr. to 費城|费城[Fei4 cheng2]
Shā tè Ā lā bó rén
a Saudi
Saudi Arabian person
Lā bāo ěr
Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
Lā gé bǐ
Rugby (game)
Rugby school in England
Cí wàn jí lā yī
Morgan Tsvangirai (1952-), Zimbabwean politician
Tè lā huá hé
Delaware River, between Pennsylvania and Delaware state, USA
Hè lā tè shěng
Herat province of Afghanistan
Yì bǔ lā xīn
Ibrahim (name)
Arabic and Islamic version of Abraham 亞伯拉罕|亚伯拉罕
Lā tè gé sī dà xué
Rutgers University (Newark, New Jersey)
Yà xī ěr · Ā lā fǎ tè
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat
Sī pǔ lā Tè lì qún dǎo
Spratly islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
same as 南沙群島|南沙群岛
Bā lā jī liè fū
M.A. Balakirev, Russian composer
Kè lā fū qiū kè
Leonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994
Táng gǔ lā fēng
Dangla or Tanggula mountain on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau
Tuō lā bó lā
Torabora mountain area in east Afghanistan, famous for its caves
Lù yì sī · Yī nà xī ào · Lú lā · Dá xí ěr wǎ
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the thirty-fifth President of Brazil
Lula
Ān dōng ní yǔ Kè lì ào pèi tè lā
Anthony and Cleopatra, 1606 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Wū shén tǎ lā
Wushentala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Jiā lā hǎn
Leo Karakhan (1889-1937), Soviet ambassador to China 1921-26, executed in Stalin's 1937 purge
Tǎn bó lā
Tambora, volcano on Indonesian island of Sumbawa 松巴哇, whose 1815 eruption is greatest in recorded history
Lā qīng gé
Ratzinger (German surname of Pope Benedict XVI)
Āi dí kǎ lā jì
Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
shēng lā huó chě
to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
Ā lā mó
Alamo, city in United States
Wéi ěr sī tè lā sī
Karl Weierstrass (1815-1897), German mathematician
Lā sà tiáo yuē
Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
Bā bù lā zú
Papora or Papura, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Lā dí kè
Karl Bernardovich Radek (1995-1939), bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of Moscow Sun Yat-sen university, died in prison during Stalin's purges
Kù mù tǔ lā qiān fó dòng
Kumutula thousand-Buddha grotto in Kuqa, Xinjiang
Lā shí kǎ ěr Jiā
Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan
lā mǎ tè gān
Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University
Lā zā lù
Lazarus (Catholic transliteration)
Mǔ lā dí qí
Mladić (name)
Ratko Mladić (1942-), army chief of Bosnian Serbs 1965-1996 and indicted war criminal
Dé lā mén
Drammen (city in Buskerud, Norway)
Sǎ lā tiě
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
Niǔ fēn lán yǔ lā bù lā duō
Newfoundland and Labrador, province of Canada
Guā dá lā mǎ
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
Bì xī tè lā tú
Pisistratus (-528 BC), tyrant (ruler) of Athens at different times between 561 BC and 528 BC
Kā lā hàn wáng cháo
Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
Wū shén tǎ lā xiāng
Wushentala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Gè lā dān dōng fēng
Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉[Tang2 gu3 la1 shan1 mai4]
lā dīng fāng kuài
Latin square (math. puzzle)
Lā ěr wéi kè
Larvik (city in Vestfold, Norway)
Bù dá lā shān
Mt Potala in Lhasa, with Potala Palace 布達拉宮|布达拉宫
Yǎ lā Xiāng bō xuě shān
Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
Ā lā tǎ sī
surname Alatas
Ali Alatas (1932-2008), Indonesian foreign minister (1988-1999)
lā kè tì chún
lactitol, a sugar alcohol
Kè jī lā dǎo
Corfu (Greek: Kerkira), island in the Ionian sea
Bān què Bǐ lā duō
Pontius Pilate (in the Biblical passion story)
wěi nèi ruì lā mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú
Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus
Bā lā bā sī
Barabbas (in the Biblical passion story)
Gǔ jié lā ěr
Gujral (name)
Inder Kumar Gujral (1919-), Indian Janata politician, prime minister 1997-1998
Bó lā dì sī lā wǎ
Bratislava, capital of Slovakia
Fǎ shì sè lā jiàng
French dressing
vinaigrette
Tǎ sī kē lā
Tuscola (county in Michigan)
Sà lā sēn dì guó
Saracen empire (medieval European name for Arab empire)
Pí tè lā kè
Petrarch
Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), Italian scholar and lyric poet, famous for sonnets
Yǎ lā Xiāng bō shén shān
Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
Ā lā gān shān mài
Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma)
lā gòu r
to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise
Kā lā hàn guó
Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
Ā shén lā wéi
surname Ashrawi
Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (1946-), Palestinian scholar and political activist
sài lā fán
(Sonny) Seraphin (Haitian ambassador to Taiwan)
Wū shén tǎ lā Huí zú xiāng
Wushentala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Ài dí kǎ lā
Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
also written 埃迪卡拉[Ai1 di2 ka3 la1]
Guā dá lā mǎ shān
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
Ài dé huá · Dá lā dì
Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician
Kǎ lā jī nà
Krajina (former Yugoslavia)
Lā lǔ shī dì guó jiā zì rán bǎo hù qū
Lhalu Wetland National Nature Reserve in Lhasa
Fǎ zī lǔ lā
Maulana Fazlullah, Pakistan Taleban leader
Lā zī mò fū sī jī
Razumovsky (name)
Prince Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian diplomat
Āi lā tuō sè ní sī
Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276-c. 195 BC), ancient Greek mathematician and inventor
Ā lā bó Diàn xìn Lián méng
Arab Telecommunication Union
Gè lā dān dōng shān
Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉[Tang2 gu3 la1 shan1 mai4]
Fú lā dí wò sī tuō kè
variant of 符拉迪沃斯托克, Vladivostok
Pà lā sè ěr shì
Paracelsius (Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Swiss alchemist and prominent early European scientist
Gá lā · Duō jié · Rén bō qiè
Garab Dorje Rinpoche, succession of Buthanese religious leaders
Kè lā sī jīn nuò
Kraskino town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, close to the North Korean border
Suǒ gē lā tè sī
Socrates (name)
Jose Socrates, prime minister of Portugal from 2005
fǎ lā
farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword)
jī lī guā lā
(Taiwan) see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[ji1 li5 gu1 lu1]
Běn · Lā dēng
Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
Bō lā Bō lā Dǎo
Bora Bora, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia
Bō měi lā ní yà
Pomerania, a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea
Pài lā méng Yǐng yè
Paramount Pictures (US movie company)
Shā lā yuè
see 沙撈越|沙捞越[Sha1 lao1 yue4]
shēng lā yìng zhuài
to drag sb along against his will
to draw a forced analogy
Tè sī lā
Tesla (unit)
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Serbian inventor and engineer
Tè lā huá Hé
Delaware River, between Pennsylvania and Delaware state, USA
Lán cāng Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiàn
Lancang Lahuzu Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱[Pu3 er3], Yunnan
Sī pǔ lā tè lì Qún dǎo
Spratly islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
same as 南沙群島|南沙群岛[Nan1 sha1 Qun2 dao3]
Lā sà Tiáo yuē
Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
Lā sà Shì
Lhasa, Tibetan: Lha sa grong khyer, capital of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
Lā nà kǎ
Larnaca (city in Cyprus)
Larnaka
lā xī
(coll.) to have diarrhea
to shrink back
to cower
lā chā
(of beard etc) stubbly
scraggly
unkempt
lā bái bù tiáo
to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
Lā dá kè
Ladakh, the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir in northwest India, adjacent to Kashmir and Tibet, know as "Little Tibet"
lā hēi
to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc)
abbr. for 拉到黑名單|拉到黑名单
Lā mǎ tè Gān
Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University
lā fēng
trendy
eye-catching
flashy
lā kāi jià shi
to assume a fighting stance
(fig.) to take the offensive
lā kāi xù mù
(fig.) to raise the curtain
to lift the curtain
to be a curtain raiser for
lā mǎo qiāng
see 鉚釘槍|铆钉枪[mao3 ding1 qiang1]
lā lǐ
lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
Lā nà liè
Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944-), Cambodian politician and son of former King Sihanouk of Cambodia
lā shēng yì
to tout
to solicit customers
Yuē hàn · Lā bèi
John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
fig. god-forsaken
remote and desolate
Ā lā shàn Zuǒ qí
Alxa Left Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Züün khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Ā lā shàn Yòu qí
Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Ā lā bó Lián hé Dà gōng guó
United Arab Emirates (Tw)
Ā lā
Allah (Arabic name of God)
Ā lā shàn Méng
Alxa League, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
Ā tí lā
Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
fig. god-forsaken
remote and desolate
Mǎ dé lā Qún dǎo
Madeira
the Madeira islands
Xiāng gé lǐ lā xiàn
Shangri-La county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham
Xiāng gé lǐ lā
Shangri-La (mythical location)
Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham
Xiāng bā lā
Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism)
lǐ lā
lira (former Italian etc currency) (loanword)
Dào gé lā sī · Mài kè ā sè
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
Dào lā jí lǐ Fēng
Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas
Shā lā · Pèi lín
Sarah Palin (1964-), US Republican politician, State governor of Alaska from 2006
Hé ní ā lā
Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands (Tw)
Zhū lì yǎ · Jí lā dé
Julia Gillard (1961-), Australian politician, prime minister from 2010
bā lā
guava (loanword from Taiwanese)
lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
no clue where to start
lǎo niú lā pò chē
see 老牛破車|老牛破车[lao3 niu2 po4 che1]
Shā lā · Bù lái màn
Sarah Brightman (1960-), English pop star
lián tuō dài lā
pushing and pulling (idiom)
Hè lā sī
Horace, full Latin name Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BC), Roman poet
hù bu lǎ
(dialect) shrike
Taiwan pr. [hu3 bu5 la1]
Sà lā sēn Dì guó
Saracen Empire (medieval European name for Arab empire)
Wéi lā Gǎng
Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu
Tǎ kè lā mǎ gān Shā mò
Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang
Kǎn péi lā
Canberra, capital of Australia (Tw)
Gá lā · Duō jié · Rén bō qiè
Garab Dorje Rinpoche, succession of Buthanese religious leaders
Kā lā hán Wáng cháo
Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
Kā lā Hán guó
Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
hā lā zi
(dialect) saliva
also written 哈喇子[ha1 la2 zi5]
Tǎ lā hā xī
Tallahassee, capital of Florida
mā lā ge bā zi
fuck!
motherfucker!
fucking
Wěi nèi ruì lā mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú
Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus
Sè lā yē fó
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tw)
chī hē lā sā shuì
to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
(fig.) the ordinary daily routine
Kè jī lā Dǎo
Corfu (Greek: Kerkira), island in the Ionian sea
Yà Fēi Lā
Asia, Africa and Latin America
Yà xī ěr · Ā lā fǎ tè
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat
Kǎ lā kǎ sī
Caracas, capital of Venezuela (Tw)
zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
fig. to be a dog in the manger
Bó lā Bó lā Dǎo
Bora Bora, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia
bù lā jī
(nasty, stupid etc) as can be
lā huán
ring pull (can)
strap handle (on bus or train)
circular door handle
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
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
lā chǎng zi
(of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc)
(fig.) to enhance sb's reputation
to make a name for oneself
lā pī
to make ceramics (on a potter's wheel)
lā gua
(dialect) to chat
to gossip
Lā shí mò ěr Shān
Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
lā jiāo qing
to try to form friendly ties with sb for one's own benefit
to suck up to sb
Lā fū luó fū
Lavrov (name)
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004
lā huó
(northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver)
to pick up a piece of work (as a courier)
Lā fǎ gé
Lafargue (name)
Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary activist, son-in-law of Karl Marx
lā lā chě chě
to tug at
to pull at sb aggressively
to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way
(derog.) to hobnob
to consort
lā che dà
(coll.) to bring up
to rear
to raise
lā shān tóu
to start a clique
to form a faction
lā jiā cháng
to talk or chat about ordinary daily life
lā kè
to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc)
to importune
Lā dīng fāng kuài
Latin square (math. puzzle)
Xī lā lǐ
Hillary (name)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Bù sōng bù lā
Bujumbura, capital of Burundi (Tw)
Bù lā sà shì
Brazzaville, capital of Congo (Tw)
Bù lā tí sī lā wǎ
Bratislava, capital of Slovakia (Tw)
Bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kè
Blagoveshchensk, Russian city on the border with China, administrative center of Amur Oblast 阿穆爾州|阿穆尔州[A1 mu4 er3 Zhou1]
Bù lā dé · Bǐ tè
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (1963-), US actor and film producer
Bā lā mǎ lì bō
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname (Tw)
Xī lā lǐ · Kè lín dùn
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Xī bō kè lā dǐ
Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine
tuō lā ěr
(loanword) tolar, former currency of Slovenia
name for the silver coin and the main currency in Bohemia from 16th-18th century
tuō lā sī
trust (commerce) (loanword)
Ài dé huá · Dá lā dì
Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician
dé mó kè lā xī
democracy (loanword) (old)
Bǐ lā tí sī
Pilates (physical fitness system) (Tw)
Pà lā mǎ lǐ bó
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname
Bā lā dí
Mohamed ElBaradei (1942-), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997-2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate