拉

laai1

[[to pull]] to pull | lāai chàaih 拉掣 — to die; dead (gwdgj 130, 24). | l

長拉拉

coeng4 laai4 laai4

very long (way too long); too long; so long (negative connotation)

拉鍊

laai1 lin6*2

zipper; zip fastener | Also written as '拉鏈'

拉客

laai1 haak3

solicit customers/patrons; tout for business; (of taxi drivers, etc) take on pas

撒哈拉以南非洲

saat3 haa1 laai1 ji5 naam4 fei1 zau1

Sub-Saharan Africa

開麥拉

hoi1 mak6 laa1

[loanword] [1] camera! camera run! ; start shooting (a movie) [Syn.] 開鏡 [2]

奧薩瑪賓拉登

ou3 saat3 maa5 ban1 laai1 dang1

[國] Osama bin Laden

古拉格

gu2 laai1 gaak3

gulag (as a loanword)

危地馬拉

ngai4 dei6 maa5 laai1

Guatemala

馬拉糕

maa5 laai1 gou1

steamed sponge cake

海拉爾

hoi2 laai1 ji5

Haila'er (city in Inner Mongolia)

拉斷

laai1 tyun5

to tear off; to pull off; to snap

奧薩瑪賓拉丹

ou3 saat3 maa5 ban1 laai1 daan1

[粵] Osama bin Laden

拉上補下

laai1 soeng5 bou2 haa6

to make up for deficits by taking away from surplus

拉住

laai1 zyu6

pulling; to hold back

尼亞加拉大瀑布

nei4 aa3 gaa1 laai1 daai6 buk6 bou3

Niagara Falls

阿拉伯數字

aa3 laai1 baak3 sou3 zi6

[n] Arabic numbers

拉仇恨

laai1 sau4 han6

to court envy (lit., "pull hatred"): bragging or speaking of success that incite

札格拉布

zaat3 gaak3 laai1 bou3

Zagreb (capital of Croatia)

希拉莉

hei1 laai1 lei6

Hillary Clinton

半拉子工程

bun3 laai1 zi2 gung1 cing4

uncompleted project; a "half" project