拉链

拉鏈

lāliàn

noun HSK 7-9 #7,479

Measure Word

一条拉链 tiáo

Meanings

1 zipper

Characters

to pull; to drag

Examples

HSK 3

这条拉链卡住了。

Zhè tiáo lāliàn kǎzhù le.

This zipper is stuck.

HSK 4

你的拉链没拉上。

Nǐ de lāliàn méi lāshàng.

Your zipper isn't zipped up.

HSK 4

帮我拉一下拉链好吗？

Bāng wǒ lā yíxià lāliàn hǎo ma?

Can you help me zip this up?

Tips

memory

Think of 拉链 literally as 'pull chain' - a chain you pull to open and close, which is exactly how a zipper works.

Stroke Order

拉 lā

链 liàn