General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
道拉吉里峰道拉吉里峰dao4 la1 ji2 li3 feng1
Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas
德古拉德古拉de2 gu3 la1
Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker; Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula
德拉克罗瓦德拉克羅瓦de2 la1 ke4 luo2 wa3
Delacroix (painter)
德拉门德拉門de2 la1 men2
Drammen (city in Buskerud, Norway)
德谟克拉西德謨克拉西de2 mo2 ke4 la1 xi1
democracy (loanword) (old)
堤拉米苏堤拉米蘇di1 la1 mi3 su1
tiramisu (loanword)
滴里耷拉滴里耷拉di1 li3 da1 la1
sagging; drooping
狄拉克狄拉克di2 la1 ke4
P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist
地拉那地拉那di4 la1 na4
Tirana, capital of Albania
冬不拉冬不拉dong1 bu4 la1
Dombra or Tambura, Kazakh plucked lute
东拉西扯東拉西扯dong1 la1 xi1 che3
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
都拉斯都拉斯dou1 la1 si1
Durrës (city in Albania)
俄克拉何马俄克拉何馬e2 ke4 la1 he2 ma3
Oklahoma, US state
俄克拉何马城俄克拉何馬城e2 ke4 la1 he2 ma3 cheng2
Oklahoma City
俄克拉何马州俄克拉何馬州e2 ke4 la1 he2 ma3 zhou1
Oklahoma, US state
蛾摩拉蛾摩拉e2 mo2 la1
Gomorrah
法拉法拉fa3 la1
farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword)
法拉第法拉第fa3 la1 di4
Faraday (name); Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity
法拉利法拉利fa3 la1 li4
Ferrari
法拉盛法拉盛fa3 la1 sheng4
Flushing Chinatown, a predominantly Chinese and Korean neighborhood of Queens, New York City
法式色拉酱法式色拉醬fa3 shi4 se4 la1 jiang4
French dressing; vinaigrette
法兹鲁拉法茲魯拉fa3 zi1 lu3 la1
Maulana Fazlullah, Pakistan Taleban leader
反托拉斯反托拉斯fan3 tuo1 la1 si1
antitrust (loanword)
范德格拉夫範德格拉夫fan4 de2 ge2 la1 fu1
Van de Graaff (name); Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist
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, Gansu
吉拉德吉拉德ji2 la1 de2
Gillard (name)
吉拉尼吉拉尼ji2 la1 ni2
Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani (1952-), Pakistan people's party politician, prime minister from 2008
加拉巴哥斯加拉巴哥斯jia1 la1 ba1 ge1 si1
Galapagos
加拉巴哥斯群岛加拉巴哥斯群島jia1 la1 ba1 ge1 si1 qun2 dao3
Galapagos islands
加拉罕加拉罕jia1 la1 han3
Leo Karakhan (1889-1937), Soviet ambassador to China 1921-26, executed in Stalin's 1937 purge
加拉加斯加拉加斯jia1 la1 jia1 si1
Caracas, capital of Venezuela
加拉帕戈斯群岛加拉帕戈斯群島jia1 la1 pa4 ge1 si1 qun2 dao3
Galapagos Islands
加拉太书加拉太書jia1 la1 tai4 shu1
Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians
贾南德拉賈南德拉jia3 nan2 de2 la1
Gyanendra of Nepal
杰拉傑拉jie2 la1
Gela (city in Sicily)
杰拉德傑拉德jie2 la1 de2
Gerrard (name)
喀拉汗国喀拉汗國ka1 la1 han2 guo2
Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
喀拉汗王朝喀拉汗王朝ka1 la1 han2 wang2 chao2
Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
喀拉喀托火山喀拉喀托火山ka1 la1 ka1 tuo1 huo3 shan1
Krakatoa (volcanic island in Indonesia)
喀拉昆仑山喀拉崑崙山ka1 la1 kun1 lun2 shan1
Karakorum mountains
喀拉拉邦喀拉拉邦ka1 la1 la1 bang1
Kerala (state in India)
卡波耶拉卡波耶拉ka3 bo1 ye1 la1
Capoeira
卡尔巴拉卡爾巴拉ka3 er3 ba1 la1
Karbala (city in Iraq)
卡拉卡拉ka3 la1
Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥; Cara, Karla etc (name)
卡拉卡拉ka3 la1
karaoke
卡拉OK卡拉OKka3 la1 - -
karaoke (loanword)
卡拉比拉卡拉比拉ka3 la1 bi3 la1
Karabilah (Iraqi city)
卡拉布里亚卡拉布里亞ka3 la1 bu4 li3 ya4
Calabria, southernmost Italian province
卡拉奇那卡拉奇那ka3 la1 ji1 na4
Krajina (former Yugoslavia)
卡拉季奇卡拉季奇ka3 la1 ji4 ji1
Radovan Karadžić (1945-), former Bosnian Serb leader and war criminal
卡拉胶卡拉膠ka3 la1 jiao1
carageenan (chemistry)
卡拉卡斯卡拉卡斯ka3 la1 ka3 si1
Caracas, capital of Venezuela (Tw)
卡拉马佐夫兄弟卡拉馬佐夫兄弟ka3 la1 ma3 zuo3 fu1 xiong1 di4
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基
卡拉姆昌德卡拉姆昌德ka3 la1 mu3 chang1 de2
Karamchand (name)
卡拉奇卡拉奇ka3 la1 qi2
Karachi (Pakistan)
卡拉什尼科夫卡拉什尼科夫ka3 la1 shi2 ni2 ke1 fu1
Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)
卡美拉卡美拉ka3 mei3 la1
Gamera (Japanese ガメラ Gamera), Japanese movie monster
卡纳维拉尔角卡納維拉爾角ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3
Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心
卡桑德拉卡桑德拉ka3 sang1 de2 la1
Cassandra (name); Cassandra, daughter of king Priam in Greek mythology; prophet of doom
开麦拉開麥拉kai1 mai4 la1
camera (loanword)
凯迪拉克凱迪拉克kai3 di2 la1 ke4
Cadillac
凯夫拉凱夫拉kai3 fu1 la1
Kevlar
凯芙拉凱芙拉kai3 fu2 la1
Kevlar
堪培拉堪培拉kan1 pei2 la1
Canberra, capital of Australia
坎德拉坎德拉kan3 de2 la1
candela (unit of luminosity); standard candle
坎帕拉坎帕拉kan3 pa4 la1
Kampala, capital of Uganda
坎培拉坎培拉kan3 pei2 la1
Canberra, capital of Australia (Tw)
考拉考拉kao3 la1
koala (loanword)
科迪勒拉科迪勒拉ke1 di2 le4 la1
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands
科迪勒拉山系科迪勒拉山系ke1 di2 le4 la1 shan1 xi4
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands
科罗拉多科羅拉多ke1 luo2 la1 duo1
Colorado
科罗拉多大峡谷科羅拉多大峽谷ke1 luo2 la1 duo1 da4 xia2 gu3
the Grand Canyon (Colorado)
科罗拉多州科羅拉多州ke1 luo2 la1 duo1 zhou1
Colorado
克基拉岛克基拉島ke4 ji1 la1 dao3
Corfu (Greek: Kerkira), island in the Ionian sea
克拉克拉ke4 la1
carat (mass) (loanword)
克拉夫丘克克拉夫丘克ke4 la1 fu1 qiu1 ke4
Leonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994
克拉科夫克拉科夫ke4 la1 ke1 fu1
Krakow
克拉克克拉克ke4 la1 ke4
Clark or Clarke (name)
克拉玛依克拉瑪依ke4 la1 ma3 yi1
Qaramay shehiri (Karamay city) or Kèlāmǎyī prefecture level city in Xinjiang
克拉玛依区克拉瑪依區ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 qu1
Karamay district (Uighur: Qaramay Rayoni) of Qaramay City, Xinjiang
克拉玛依市克拉瑪依市ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 shi4
Qaramay shehiri (Karamay city) or Kèlāmǎyī prefecture level city in Xinjiang
克拉斯金诺克拉斯金諾ke4 la1 si1 jin1 nuo4
Kraskino town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, close to the North Korean border
克拉斯诺达尔克拉斯諾達爾ke4 la1 si1 nuo4 da2 er3
Krasnodar (city in Russia)
克拉斯诺亚尔斯克克拉斯諾亞爾斯克ke4 la1 si1 nuo4 ya4 er3 si1 ke4
Krasnoyarsk
克拉通克拉通ke4 la1 tong1
craton (loanword)
克莉奥佩特拉克莉奧佩特拉ke4 li4 ao4 pei4 te4 la1
Cleopatra (c. 70-30 BC), queen of Egypt
克娄巴特拉克婁巴特拉ke4 lou2 ba1 te4 la1
Cleopatra (name); Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC), the last Egyptian pharaoh
克维拉克維拉ke4 wei2 la1
Kevlar
肯德拉肯德拉ken3 de2 la1
Kendra (name)
库木吐拉千佛洞庫木吐拉千佛洞ku4 mu4 tu3 la1 qian1 fo2 dong4
Kumutula thousand-Buddha grotto in Kuqa, Xinjiang
酷斯拉酷斯拉ku4 si1 la1
Godzilla (Japanese ゴジラ Gojira); see also 哥斯拉
拉K拉Kla1 -
(slang) to take ketamine
拉巴斯拉巴斯la1 ba1 si1
La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia
拉巴特拉巴特la1 ba1 te4
Rabat, capital of Morocco
拉㞎㞎拉㞎㞎la1 ba3 ba5
to poo-poo (kiddie talk)
拉白布条拉白布條la1 bai2 bu4 tiao2
to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
拉包尔拉包爾la1 bao1 er3
Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
拉比拉比la1 bi3
rabbi (loanword)
拉卜楞寺拉卜楞寺la1 bu3 leng4 si4
Labrang monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河縣|夏河县, Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
拉布拉多拉布拉多la1 bu4 la1 duo1
Labrador, Canada; Labrador (a breed of dog)
拉碴拉碴la1 cha1
(of beard etc) stubbly; scraggly; unkempt
拉茶拉茶la1 cha2
teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk (GM)
拉长拉長la1 chang2
to lengthen; to pull sth out longer
拉长脸拉長臉la1 chang2 lian3
to pull a long face; to scowl
拉场子拉場子la1 chang3 zi5
(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
拉扯拉扯la1 che5
to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat
拉扯大拉扯大la1 che5 da4
(coll.) to bring up; to rear; to raise
拉达克拉達克la1 da2 ke4
Ladakh, the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir in northwest India, adjacent to Kashmir and Tibet, know as "Little Tibet"
拉大旗作虎皮拉大旗作虎皮la1 da4 qi2 zuo4 hu3 pi2
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
拉大条拉大條la1 da4 tiao2
to defecate (slang)
拉倒拉倒la1 dao3
to pull down; (coll.) to let it go; to drop it
拉德拉德la1 de2
rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword)
拉登拉登la1 deng1
(Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
拉狄克拉狄克la1 di2 ke4
Karl Berngardovich Radek (1885-1939), Bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of Moscow Sun Yat-sen University, died in prison during Stalin's purges
拉丁拉丁la1 ding1
Latin; (in former times) to press-gang; to kidnap and force people into service
拉丁方块拉丁方塊la1 ding1 fang1 kuai4
Latin square (math. puzzle)
拉丁化拉丁化la1 ding1 hua4
romanization
拉丁美洲拉丁美洲la1 ding1 mei3 zhou1
Latin America
拉丁文拉丁文la1 ding1 wen2
Latin (language)
拉丁文字拉丁文字la1 ding1 wen2 zi4
the alphabet; latin letters
拉丁舞拉丁舞la1 ding1 wu3
Latin dance
拉丁语拉丁語la1 ding1 yu3
Latin (language)
拉丁字母拉丁字母la1 ding1 zi4 mu3
Latin alphabet
拉肚子拉肚子la1 du4 zi5
(coll.) to have diarrhea
拉顿拉頓la1 dun4
Rodan (Japanese ラドン Radon), Japanese movie monster
拉尔夫拉爾夫la1 er3 fu1
Ralph (name)
拉尔维克拉爾維克la1 er3 wei2 ke4
Larvik (city in Vestfold, Norway)
拉法格拉法格la1 fa3 ge2
Lafargue (name); Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary activist, son-in-law of Karl Marx
拉法赫拉法赫la1 fa3 he4
Rafah, city in Palestine
拉法兰拉法蘭la1 fa3 lan2
Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac
拉菲草拉菲草la1 fei1 cao3
raffia (loanword)
拉斐尔拉斐爾la1 fei3 er3
Raphael
拉斐特拉斐特la1 fei3 te4
Lafayette
拉风拉風la1 feng1
trendy; eye-catching; flashy
拉夫拉夫la1 fu1
to force into service; press-gang
拉夫堡拉夫堡la1 fu1 bao3
Loughborough, English city
拉夫堡大学拉夫堡大學la1 fu1 bao3 da4 xue2
Loughborough University
拉夫罗夫拉夫羅夫la1 fu1 luo2 fu1
Lavrov (name); Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004
拉夫桑贾尼拉夫桑賈尼la1 fu1 sang1 jia3 ni2
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
拉盖尔拉蓋爾la1 gai4 er3
Laguerre (name); Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician
拉杆拉杆la1 gan1
tension bar
拉冈拉岡la1 gang1
Lacan (psychoanalyst)
拉高拉高la1 gao1
to pull up
拉格比拉格比la1 ge2 bi3
Rugby (game); Rugby school in England
拉格朗日拉格朗日la1 ge2 lang3 ri4
Lagrange (name); Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1735-1813), French mathematician and physicist
拉各斯拉各斯la1 ge4 si1
Lagos (Nigerian city)
拉个手拉個手la1 ge5 shou3
to hold hands
拉钩拉鉤la1 gou1
pinky swear
拉勾儿拉勾兒la1 gou4 er5
to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise
拉呱拉呱la1 gua5
(dialect) to chat; to gossip
拉关系拉關係la1 guan1 xi4
to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit; to suck up to sb
拉管拉管la1 guan3
trombone
拉合尔拉合爾la1 he2 er3
Lahore (city in Pakistan)
拉赫曼尼诺夫拉赫曼尼諾夫la1 he4 man4 ni2 nuo4 fu1
Rachmaninoff or Rachmaninov (name); Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian composer and pianist
拉黑拉黑la1 hei1
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
拉后钩儿拉後鉤儿la1 hou4 gou1 er5
(dialect) to leave unfinished business
拉祜族拉祜族la1 hu4 zu2
Lahu ethnic group of Yunnan
拉话拉話la1 hua4
(dialect) to chat
拉环拉環la1 huan2
ring pull (can); strap handle (on bus or train); circular door handle
拉活拉活la1 huo2
(northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver); to pick up a piece of work (as a courier)
拉圾拉圾la1 ji1
variant of 垃圾; trash; refuse; garbage; Taiwan pr.
拉家常拉家常la1 jia1 chang2
to talk or chat about ordinary daily life
拉家带口拉家帶口la1 jia1 dai4 kou3
to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family; tied down by family obligations
拉贾斯坦邦拉賈斯坦邦la1 jia3 si1 tan3 bang1
Rajasthan (state in India)
拉架拉架la1 jia4
to try to stop a fight; to intervene in a fight
拉交情拉交情la1 jiao1 qing5
to try to form friendly ties with sb for one's own benefit; to suck up to sb
拉筋拉筋la1 jin1
stretching (exercise)
拉紧拉緊la1 jin3
to pull tight; tensioning
拉锯拉鋸la1 ju4
a two-man saw; fig. to-and-fro between two sides
拉锯战拉鋸戰la1 ju4 zhan4
to-and-fro tussle; closely-fought contest
拉开拉開la1 kai1
to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase
拉开架势拉開架勢la1 kai1 jia4 shi5
to assume a fighting stance; (fig.) to take the offensive
拉开序幕拉開序幕la1 kai1 xu4 mu4
(fig.) to raise the curtain; to lift the curtain; to be a curtain raiser for
拉科鲁尼亚拉科魯尼亞la1 ke1 lu3 ni2 ya4
La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)
拉客拉客la1 ke4
to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc); to importune
拉克替醇拉克替醇la1 ke4 ti4 chun2
lactitol, a sugar alcohol
拉奎拉拉奎拉la1 kui2 la1
L'Aquila, Italy
拉拉拉拉la1 la1
Lala, Philippines
拉拉拉拉la1 la1
lesbian (net slang)
拉拉扯扯拉拉扯扯la1 la1 che3 che3
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
拉拉队拉拉隊la1 la1 dui4
support team; cheering squad; cheerleader; also written 啦啦隊|啦啦队
拉里拉里la1 li3
lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
拉力拉力la1 li4
tension
拉力赛拉力賽la1 li4 sai4
rally (car race) (loanword)
拉链拉鏈la1 lian4
zipper
拉拢拉攏la1 long3
to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice
拉鲁拉魯la1 lu3
Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name; Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician; Lhalu suburb of Lhasa
Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University
拉铆枪拉鉚槍la1 mao3 qiang1
see 鉚釘槍|铆钉枪
拉美拉美la1 mei3
Latin America; abbr. for 拉丁美洲
拉美西斯拉美西斯la1 mei3 xi1 si1
Rameses (name of pharaoh)
拉米夫定拉米夫定la1 mi3 fu1 ding4
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
拉面拉麵la1 mian4
pulled noodles; ramen
拉莫斯拉莫斯la1 mo4 si1
(Philippine President Fidel) Ramos
拉姆安拉拉姆安拉la1 mu3 an1 la1
Ramallah
拉姆斯菲尔德拉姆斯菲爾德la1 mu3 si1 fei1 er3 de2
Donald Rumsfeld (1932-), former US Secretary of Defense
拉纳卡拉納卡la1 na4 ka3
Larnaca (city in Cyprus); Larnaka
拉那烈拉那烈la1 na4 lie4
Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944-), Cambodian politician and son of former King Sihanouk of Cambodia
拉尼娜拉尼娜la1 ni2 na4
La Niña, equatorial climatic variation over the Eastern Pacific, as opposed to El Niño 厄爾尼諾|厄尔尼诺
拉尼娅拉尼婭la1 ni2 ya4
Rania (name)
拉帕斯拉帕斯la1 pa4 si1
La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia, usually written as 拉巴斯
拉坯拉坯la1 pi1
to make ceramics (on a potter's wheel)
拉皮拉皮la1 pi2
to have a facelift; facelift
拉皮条拉皮條la1 pi2 tiao2
to procure; to act as pimp
拉票拉票la1 piao4
to campaign for votes; to ask voters for support
拉平拉平la1 ping2
to bring to the same level; to even up; to flare out; to flatten out
拉普拉斯拉普拉斯la1 pu3 la1 si1
Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician
拉普兰拉普蘭la1 pu3 lan2
Lapland (northern Europe)
拉齐奥拉齊奧la1 qi2 ao4
Lazio (region in Italy)
拉青格拉青格la1 qing1 ge2
Ratzinger (German surname of Pope Benedict XVI)
拉入拉入la1 ru4
to pull into; to draw in
拉撒路拉撒路la1 sa3 lu4
Lazarus (Protestant transliteration)
拉萨拉薩la1 sa4
Lhasa, capital city of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区
拉萨市拉薩市la1 sa4 shi4
Lhasa, Tibetan: Lha sa grong khyer, capital of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区
拉萨条约拉薩條約la1 sa4 tiao2 yue1
Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
拉沙病毒拉沙病毒la1 sha1 bing4 du2
Lassa virus
拉山头拉山頭la1 shan1 tou2
to start a clique; to form a faction
拉伤拉傷la1 shang1
to pull; to injure by straining
拉伸拉伸la1 shen1
to draw; to stretch
拉伸强度拉伸強度la1 shen1 qiang2 du4
tensile strength
拉生意拉生意la1 sheng1 yi4
to tout; to solicit customers
拉什卡尔加拉什卡爾加la1 shi2 ka3 er3 jia1
Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan
拉什莫尔山拉什莫爾山la1 shi2 mo4 er3 shan1
Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
拉屎拉屎la1 shi3
to defecate; to shit; to crap
拉手拉手la1 shou3
to hold hands; to shake hands
拉手拉手la1 shou5
a handle; to pull on a handle
拉丝模拉絲模la1 si1 mo2
die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
拉斯穆森拉斯穆森la1 si1 mu4 sen1
Rasmussen (name)
拉斯帕尔马斯拉斯帕爾馬斯la1 si1 pa4 er3 ma3 si1
Las Palmas, Spain
拉斯维加斯拉斯維加斯la1 si1 wei2 jia1 si1
Las Vegas, Nevada
拉锁拉鎖la1 suo3
zipper
拉抬拉抬la1 tai2
(Tw) to pull sth up; (fig.) to give a boost to; to support
拉脱维亚拉脫維亞la1 tuo1 wei2 ya4
Latvia
拉瓦尔拉瓦爾la1 wa3 er3
Laval (name)
拉瓦锡拉瓦錫la1 wa3 xi1
Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
拉文克劳拉文克勞la1 wen2 ke4 lao2
Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
拉文纳拉文納la1 wen2 na4
Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy
拉稀拉稀la1 xi1
(coll.) to have diarrhea; to shrink back; to cower
拉辛拉辛la1 xin1
Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist
拉匝禄拉匝祿la1 za1 lu4
Lazarus (Catholic transliteration)
拉杂拉雜la1 za2
disorganized; rambling; incoherent
拉制拉制la1 zhi4
manufacture
拉孜拉孜la1 zi1
Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
拉兹莫夫斯基拉茲莫夫斯基la1 zi1 mo4 fu1 si1 ji1
Razumovsky (name); Prince Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian diplomat
拉孜县拉孜縣la1 zi1 xian4
Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Tambora, volcano on Indonesian island of Sumbawa 松巴哇, whose 1815 eruption is greatest in recorded history
唐古拉唐古拉tang2 gu3 la1
Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原
唐古拉峰唐古拉峰tang2 gu3 la1 feng1
Dangla or Tanggula mountain on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau
唐古拉山唐古拉山tang2 gu3 la1 shan1
Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau
唐古拉山脉唐古拉山脈tang2 gu3 la1 shan1 mai4
Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau
特拉法尔加特拉法爾加te4 la1 fa3 er3 jia1
Trafalgar
特拉法尔加广场特拉法爾加廣場te4 la1 fa3 er3 jia1 guang3 chang3
Trafalgar Square (London)
特拉法加广场特拉法加廣場te4 la1 fa3 jia1 guang3 chang3
Trafalgar Square (London)
特拉华特拉華te4 la1 hua2
Delaware, US state
特拉华河特拉華河te4 la1 hua2 he2
Delaware River, between Pennsylvania and Delaware state, USA
特拉华州特拉華州te4 la1 hua2 zhou1
Delaware, US state
特拉维夫特拉維夫te4 la1 wei2 fu1
Tel Aviv; Tel Aviv-Jaffa
特里普拉特里普拉te4 li3 pu3 la1
Tripura (Indian state)
特斯拉特斯拉te4 si1 la1
Tesla (unit); Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Serbian inventor and engineer
提拉米苏提拉米蘇ti2 la1 mi3 su1
tiramisu (Italian dessert) (loanword)
头孢拉定頭孢拉定tou2 bao1 la1 ding4
cefradine, cephradine (pharm.)
土拉弗氏菌土拉弗氏菌tu3 la1 fu2 shi4 jun1
Francisella tularensis
推拉门推拉門tui1 la1 men2
sliding door
拖拉拖拉tuo1 la1
to drag along; to haul; (fig.) to procrastinate; shilly-shallying; sluggish; (computing) drag and drop; (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams
托拉博拉託拉博拉tuo1 la1 bo2 la1
Torabora mountain area in east Afghanistan, famous for its caves
托拉尔托拉爾tuo1 la1 er3
(loanword) tolar, former currency of Slovenia; name for the silver coin and the main currency in Bohemia from 16th-18th century
拖拉机拖拉機tuo1 la1 ji1
tractor
托拉斯托拉斯tuo1 la1 si1
trust (commerce) (loanword)
拖拖拉拉拖拖拉拉tuo1 tuo1 la1 la1
to procrastinate
危地马拉危地馬拉wei1 di4 ma3 la1
Guatemala; see also 瓜地馬拉|瓜地马拉
危地马拉人危地馬拉人wei1 di4 ma3 la1 ren2
Guatemalan (person)
维尔斯特拉斯維爾斯特拉斯wei2 er3 si1 te4 la1 si1
Karl Weierstrass (1815-1897), German mathematician
the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia
乌拉尔山烏拉爾山wu1 la1 er3 shan1
the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia
乌拉尔山脉烏拉爾山脈wu1 la1 er3 shan1 mai4
Ural Mountains
乌拉圭烏拉圭wu1 la1 gui1
Uruguay
乌拉特烏拉特wu1 la1 te4
Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia; also Urat Front, Center and Rear banners
乌拉特草原烏拉特草原wu1 la1 te4 cao3 yuan2
Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia
乌拉特后旗烏拉特後旗wu1 la1 te4 hou4 qi2
Urat Rear banner or Urdyn Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia
乌拉特前旗烏拉特前旗wu1 la1 te4 qian2 qi2
Urat Front banner or Urdyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia
乌拉特中旗烏拉特中旗wu1 la1 te4 zhong1 qi2
Urat Center banner or Urdyn Dund khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia
乌普萨拉烏普薩拉wu1 pu3 sa4 la1
Uppsala, Swedish university city just north of Stockholm
乌什塔拉烏什塔拉wu1 shen2 ta3 la1
Wushentala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
乌什塔拉回族乡烏什塔拉回族鄉wu1 shen2 ta3 la1 hui2 zu2 xiang1
Wushentala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
乌什塔拉乡烏什塔拉鄉wu1 shen2 ta3 la1 xiang1
Wushentala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
希波克拉底希波克拉底xi1 bo1 ke4 la1 di3
Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine
西拉西拉xi1 la1
Syrah (grape type)
希拉克希拉剋xi1 la1 ke4
Jacques René Chirac (1932-), President of France 1995-2007
锡拉库萨錫拉庫薩xi1 la1 ku4 sa4
Syracuse, Sicily
希拉里希拉里xi1 la1 li3
Hillary (name); Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
希拉里·克林顿希拉里·克林頓xi1 la1 li3 - ke4 lin2 dun4
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
希拉蕊希拉蕊xi1 la1 rui3
Hillary (person name)
西拉雅族西拉雅族xi1 la1 ya3 zu2
Siraya, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
西孟加拉邦西孟加拉邦xi1 meng4 jia1 la1 bang1
West Bengal
西坡拉西坡拉xi1 po1 la1
Zipporah, wife of Moses
西撒哈拉西撒哈拉xi1 sa1 ha1 la1
Western Sahara
稀稀拉拉稀稀拉拉xi1 xi1 la1 la1
sparse and fragmentary
喜马拉雅喜馬拉雅xi3 ma3 la1 ya3
the Himalayas
喜马拉雅山喜馬拉雅山xi3 ma3 la1 ya3 shan1
Himalayas
喜马拉雅山脉喜馬拉雅山脈xi3 ma3 la1 ya3 shan1 mai4
Himalayas
香巴拉香巴拉xiang1 ba1 la1
Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism)
香格里拉香格里拉xiang1 ge2 li3 la1
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, northwest Yunnan; formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸 in Tibetan province of Kham
香格里拉县香格里拉縣xiang1 ge2 li3 la1 xian4
Shangri-La county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州, northwest Yunnan; formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸 in Tibetan province of Kham
谢拉謝拉xie4 la1
Zerah (son of Judah)
新柏拉图主义新柏拉圖主義xin1 bo2 la1 tu2 zhu3 yi4
neo-Platonism (philosophical system combining Platonism with mysticism)