Chinese symbol for “lengthen”
拉长
lā cháng
Traditional: 拉長
to lengthen; to pull sth out longer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lengthen is 拉长 (lā cháng), defined as: to lengthen; to pull sth out longer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lengthen”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加长 (加長) | jiā cháng | to lengthen |
| 拖长 (拖長) | tuō cháng | to lengthen; to drag out |
| 引 | yǐn | to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拉长.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卡拉 | kǎ lā | karaoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried |
| 阿拉 | ā lā | (Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our |
| 克拉 | kè lā | carat (mass) (loanword) |
| 拉丁 | lā dīng | Latin; (in former times) to press-gang |
| 拉拉 | lā lā | (slang) lesbian; (coll.) Labrador retriever |
| 马拉松 (馬拉松) | mǎ lā sōng | (loanword) marathon |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lengthen”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.