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拉链 meaning in English

lāliàn

zipper

Traditional 拉鏈20 strokes

Meaning of 拉链

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lāliàn
  1. zipper

拉链 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè拉lā链liàn卡kǎ卡kǎ的de。
This zipper doesn't zip smoothly.
我wǒ的de拉lā链liàn卡kǎ住zhù了le。
My zip is stuck.
他tā拉lā开kāi了le包bāo的de拉lā链liàn。
He zipped open his bag.
他tā拉lā开kāi裤kù子zi的de拉lā链liàn。
He unzipped his pants.
有yǒu垫diàn布bù与yǔ拉lā链liàn的de帐zhàng篷péng可kě以yǐ做zuò到dào防fáng虫chóng密mì闭bì。
A tent with a floor and a zipper is bug tight.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

拉 lā · to pull · 8 strokes

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链 liàn · chain · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 拉链.

拉开lākāito pull open; to pull apart
项链xiàngliànnecklace
阿拉伯语ĀlābóyǔArabic (language)
拉拢lālǒngto rope in; fig. to involve sb
拉动lādòngto pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity)
拉锁lāsuǒzipper
易拉罐yìlāguànpull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull)
卡拉Kǎlākaraoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
克拉kèlācarat (mass) (loanword)
沙拉shālā(loanword) salad
拉里lālǐlari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
拉屎lāshǐto defecate; to shit; to crap

Questions about 拉链

What does 拉链 mean?

拉链 (lāliàn) means "zipper".

How do you write 拉链?

拉链 is made of 2 characters: 拉 (8 strokes), 链 (12 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 拉链 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 拉链 is written 拉鏈.