Chinese word dictionary

拉活

lā huó · (northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver); to pick up a piece of work (as a courier)

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Word information

Simplified拉活

Traditional拉活

Pinyinlā huó

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

拉lā

to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

活huó

to exist, to live, to survive; living, working

How to learn 拉活

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

生活shēnghuó

to live; life; livelihood

干活儿gànhuór

erhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]

活huó

to live; alive; living; work; workmanship

活动huódòng

to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc

活泼huópō

lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive

拉lā

to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels