# 拉巴
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lāba
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ˙ㄅㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): laai$^1$ baa$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lāba
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ˙ㄅㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: labå
*** Wade–Giles: la$^1$-pa$^5$
*** Yale: lā-ba
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lha.ba
*** Palladius: лаба (laba)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä⁵⁵ b̥ä²/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laai$^1$ baa$^1$
*** Yale: lāai bā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laai$^1$ baa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lai$^1$ ba$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /laːi̯⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵/

#### Verb

拉巴
* (dialectal Mandarin) to pull; to drag; to tug; to haul
* (dialectal Mandarin) to take great pains to bring up (a child)
* (dialectal Mandarin) to help; to train; to foster

##### Synonyms

* (to help):
* 佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
* 使勁／使劲 (shǐjìn)
* 加勢／加势 (jiāshì)
* 助 (zhù)
* 助力 (zhùlì)
* 助理 (zhùlǐ)
* 助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
* 匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
* 協助／协助 (xiézhù)
* 參佐／参佐 (cānzuǒ) (literary)
* 增援 (zēngyuán, “to provide reinforcements”)
* 幫／帮 (bāng)
* 幫助／帮助 (bāngzhù)
* 幫同／帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
* 幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)
* 幫帶／帮带 (bāngdài)
* 幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
* 幫手／帮手 (bong$^1$ sau$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 幫扶／帮扶 (bāngfú)
* 幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
* 幫贈／帮赠 (Hokkien)
* 扶
* 扶助 (fúzhù)
* 扶持 (fúchí)
* 扶掖 (fúyè) (formal)
* 挺 (tǐng)
* 援助 (yuánzhù)
* 𢯭手 (Hakka)
* 支助 (zhīzhù) (literary)
* 支持 (zhīchí)
* 支援 (zhīyuán)
* 救 (jiù)
* 相幫／相帮 (xiāngbāng) (dialectal)
* 相輔／相辅 (Teochew)
* 翼 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 聲援／声援 (shēngyuán, “to express support for”)
* 臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
* 補益／补益 (bǔyì)
* 補臺／补台 (bǔtái) (mainland China)
* 贈力／赠力 (Hokkien)
* 贈助／赠助 (Hokkien)
* 贊喙／赞喙 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
* 贈手／赠手 (Hokkien)
* 贊聲／赞声 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
* 輔助／辅助 (fǔzhù)
* 陪 (péi) (literary, or in compounds)
* 鬥幫贈／斗帮赠 (Hokkien)
* 鬥相共／斗相共 (Hokkien)
* 鬥跤手／斗跤手 (Hokkien)
* 鬥跤搭／斗跤搭 (Hokkien)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

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#### Noun

拉巴
* (Guiyang Mandarin) little finger

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小拇指, 小拇哥兒, 小拇指頭, 小拇指頭兒, 小拇手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小指, 小拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 小拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 小拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 小拇指, 小拇指頭, 小拇哥, 小妞妞兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 小拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 小拇哥, 小拇哥兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 小拇手指頭, 小指, 小拇指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 小拇哥兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 小拇指, 小拇指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 小拇指, 小拇哥兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 小拇哥兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 小拇指頭兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小拇指, 小門手指頭, 小門指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小拇指頭, 小拇指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 小拇指頭兒, 小拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 小面手圪頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 小拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 小門指頭, 小門指, 碎門指頭, 碎門指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尕拇指頭兒, 尕拇哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小拇哥兒, 小拇哥, 小拇指頭, 小拇指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 小拇尕尕, 小拇尕兒, 尕拇指, 尕拇指頭, 尕拇指頭子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 小拇尕尕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 小拇指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 小拇嘎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 尕拇指頭, 尕拇指, 尕拇舅舅, 小拇指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 尕拇指頭, 小拇指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 幺指拇兒, 幺指拇, 小指拇兒, 小指拇, 指拇兒, 𨈓巴兒, 𨈓指拇兒, 𨈓巴根兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 幺指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 小指甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 小指拇, 小指頭, 拉巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 小拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 小指媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 小指, 咩指崽, 小拇指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小拇指, 小指抹頭, 小指頭, 五馬指, 小寶寶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 小指, 小麻指, 小麻指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 小拇指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 小末爪子, 小末爪, 小末指, 小指拇頭子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 手指尾, 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 手指尾, 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 手指尾, 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 手指孻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 手指孻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 孻尾指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 尾指, 尾指奴 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 手指仔, 手指尾, 手指孻 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 手指孻 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 細手指, 尾指, 尾手 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 手指尾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 小拇指頭, 小拇指頭子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 小手節 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 細手指腦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 獵尾指 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 尾指, 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 手指子 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 孻尾指 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 尾指 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 手指子 |
| Hakka | Changting | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蟻公手指 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 尾手指 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 尾手指 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 尾手指 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 細腦公公 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 尾手指 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 尾腦手指 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 手指尾哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 手指尾, 尾指 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尾指, 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 臘尾指 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 手尾孻 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 孻尾指 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 手尾孻 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 尾孻指 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 孻指 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 手孻雞 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 滿手仔 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 手尾 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 小指 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 手指尾 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細指頭 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 小指 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小拇指頭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小拇指頭, 五拇指頭 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 小拇指 |
| Jin | Linhe | 小拇勾, 小拇指頭子 |
| Jin | Jining | 小拇勾勾, 小拇指 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 小拇哥兒, 小拇指頭 |
| Jin | Baotou | 小拇勾勾 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 小拇指 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 小拇指 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 小拇指頭, 小拇哥兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 小拇指, 小拇指頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 尾指仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 尾掌指, 尾指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 尾掌指 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 尾指仔, 尾仔指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 尾指囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 尾指仔, 尾仔指, 尾掌指 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 細掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 尾指, 尾掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 不吉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 尾指, 尾掌指仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 尾指, 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 尾掌頭仔, 尾掌指, 尾掌指仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 尾掌指仔, 煞尾指 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 尾掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 尾指, 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 尾抅仔, 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 後尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 小指 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 尾指囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 指尾囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 指尾囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 手尾指, 指尾囝, 指尾指 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 煞尾手囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 煞尾手囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 細手囝, 孧手囝, 煞尾手囝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 妚尾 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 孻指 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 細手指 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 細手指頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小節頭, 小拇指, 小手節頭, 小米節頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小節頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小密節頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小拇指頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小拇手指頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小指末頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 瑣蠻指頭兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小手拇執頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 細指腦, 細指拇, 小指腦, 小指腦子, 小指拇, 滿指拇 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 細手指腦 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 滿手腦 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 滿指頭 |

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Lābā
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ㄅㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): laai$^1$ baa$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Lâ-pâ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Lābā
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄅㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Laba
*** Wade–Giles: La$^1$-pa$^1$
*** Yale: Lā-bā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lhaba
*** Palladius: Лаба (Laba)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laai$^1$ baa$^1$
*** Yale: lāai bā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laai$^1$ baa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lai$^1$ ba$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /laːi̯⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lâ-pâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: la$^ˊ$ ba$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: la$^1$ ba$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /la²⁴⁻¹¹ pa²⁴/

#### Proper noun

拉巴
* Rabbath Ammon, Rabbath, Rabbah (the capital of Ammon)