Chinese word dictionary

趿拉

tā la · to wear (one's shoes) like babouche slippers; (onom.) shuffling sound

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Word information

Simplified趿拉

Traditional趿拉

Pinyintā la

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

趿tā

to tread on; slipshod

拉lā

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

How to learn 趿拉

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.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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拉lā

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

拉动lādòng

to pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity); to motivate (people to do sth)

拉链lāliàn

zipper

拉拢lālǒng

to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice

易拉罐yìlāguàn

pull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull)