拉上

lāshàng

verb

Meanings

1 to pull closed / up / shut
2 to bring along (someone)
3 to zip / draw (curtains, blinds, a zipper)

Characters

up, on (directional complement)

Examples

请把窗帘拉上。

Qǐng bǎ chuānglián lāshàng.

Please draw the curtains closed.

他把拉链拉上就出门了。

Tā bǎ lāliàn lāshàng jiù chūmén le.

He zipped up and went out.

我拉上她一起去看电影。

Wǒ lāshàng tā yīqǐ qù kàn diànyǐng.

I pulled her along to go see a movie.

Tips

grammar

Very common verb-complement construction. With physical objects (curtains, zippers, blinds) 拉上 means 'close by pulling.' With people as the object it idiomatically means 'bring along / rope in.'

Stroke Order

拉 lā

上 shàng