| 拉 | lā huó | (northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver) / to pick up a piece of work (as a courier) | 
| 拉 | lā | to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels | 
| 拉 | lá | to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash | 
| 拉 | là | used in 拉拉蛄 / variant of 落 | 
| 活 | huó | to live / alive / living / work / workmanship |