Chinese words starting with “la”
14 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable la. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 1 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial l · final a · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 8
- 3rd tone 1
- 4th tone 5
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 垃圾lā jīHSK 4
trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè]
All 14 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 啦 | lā | y | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 2 | 拉 | lā | v,b | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | |
| 3 | 辣 | là | a,an,v | hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn | |
| 4 | 啦啦队 | lā lā duì | n | cheerleading squad | |
| 5 | 拉开 | lā kāi | v | to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase | |
| 6 | 辣椒 | là jiāo | n | hot pepper; chili | |
| 7 | 蜡烛 | là zhú | n | candle | |
| 8 | 喇叭 | lǎ ba | n | horn (automobile etc); loudspeaker; brass wind instrument; trumpet; suona 锁呐 | |
| 9 | 垃圾桶 | lā jī tǒng | n | rubbish bin; trash can; garbage can; Taiwan pr. [lè sè tǒng] | |
| 10 | 蜡 | là | n | candle; wax | |
| 11 | 拉拢 | lā lǒng | v,vn | to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice | |
| 12 | 拉动 | lā dòng | v | to pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity); to motivate (people to do sth) | |
| 13 | 拉锁 | lā suǒ | n | zipper | |
| 14 | 腊月 | là yuè | t | twelfth lunar month |
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