| 拉 | lā | to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw |
| 拖拉机 | tuō lā jī | tractor; CL:台 |
| 拉力 | lā lì | tension |
| 南斯拉夫 | Nán sī lā fū | Yugoslavia, 1943-1992 |
| 罗拉 | luó lā | roller (loanword) |
| 拉丁美洲 | Lā dīng Měi zhōu | Latin America |
| 伊拉克 | Yī lā kè | Iraq |
| 拉伸 | lā shēn | to draw; to stretch |
| 拉杆 | lā gān | tension bar |
| 拉萨 | Lā sà | Lhasa, capital city of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治区 |
| 安哥拉 | Ān gē lā | Angola |
| 拉开 | lā kāi | to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase |
| 委内瑞拉 | Wěi nèi ruì lā | Venezuela |
| 沙特阿拉伯 | Shā tè Ā lā bó | Saudi Arabia |
| 拉拢 | lā lǒng | to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice |
| 拉长 | lā cháng | to lengthen; to pull sth out longer |
| 危地马拉 | Wēi dì mǎ lā | Guatemala; see also 瓜地马拉 |
| 柏拉图 | Bó lā tú | Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher |
| 马尼拉 | Mǎ ní lā | Manila, capital of Philippines |
| 尼加拉瓜 | Ní jiā lā guā | Nicaragua |
| 马拉 | Mǎ lā | Marat (name); Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician |
| 孟加拉国 | Mèng jiā lā guó | Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) |
| 拉瓦锡 | Lā wǎ xī | Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry |
| 克拉 | kè lā | carat (mass) |
| 拉丁文 | Lā dīng wén | Latin (language) |
| 阿拉伯人 | Ā lā bó rén | Arab; Arabian; Arabian people |
| 布达拉宫 | Bù dá lā gōng | Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet |
| 拉手 | lā shǒu | to hold hands; to shake hands |
| 拉手 | lā shou | a handle; to pull on a handle |
| 塞拉利昂 | Sài lā lì áng | Sierra Leone |
| 地拉那 | Dì lā nà | Tirana, capital of Albania |
| 拖拉 | tuō lā | dilatory; slow; sluggish |
| 拉夫 | lā fū | to force into service; press-gang |
| 阿拉法特 | Ā lā fǎ tè | Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亚西尔・阿拉法特[Ya4 xi1 er3 · A1 la1 fa3 te4] |
| 拉扯 | lā che | to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat |
| 特斯拉 | Tè sī lā | Tesla (unit); Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Serbian inventor and engineer |
| 布拉格 | Bù lā gé | Prague, capital of Czech Republic |
| 加拉加斯 | Jiā lā jiā sī | Caracas, capital of Venezuela |
| 拉管 | lā guǎn | trombone |
| 坎帕拉 | Kǎn pà lā | Kampala, capital of Uganda |
| 拉倒 | lā dǎo | lit. pull and fall; (coll.) the deal is off; forget about it!; let it go at that! |
| 拉各斯 | Lā gè sī | Lagos (Nigerian city) |
| 沙拉 | shā lā | salad |
| 搭拉 | dā la | variant of 耷拉 |
| 法拉第 | Fǎ lā dì | Faraday (name); Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity |
| 安卡拉 | Ān kǎ lā | Ankara, capital of Turkey |
| 喜马拉雅山 | Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān | Himalayas |
| 布拉柴维尔 | Bù lā chái wéi ěr | Brazzaville, capital of Congo |
| 贝拉 | Bèi lā | Beira, Mozambique |
| 阿拉伯半岛 | Ā lā bó bàn dǎo | Arabian Peninsula |
