Chinese symbol for “lesbian”
拉拉
lā lā
(slang) lesbian; (coll.) Labrador retriever
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lesbian is 拉拉 (lā lā), defined as: (slang) lesbian; (coll.) Labrador retriever.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lesbian”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女同 | nǚ tóng | a lesbian (coll.) |
| 姬佬 | jī lǎo | (slang) lesbian |
| 蕾丝边 (蕾絲邊) | lěi sī biān | (slang) (loanword) lesbian |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拉拉.
| 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 |
| 马拉松 (馬拉松) | mǎ lā sōng | (loanword) marathon |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lesbian”.
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.