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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

拉客 [lākè]
  1. 1. (of inns, small restaurants, etc.) solicit guests or diners
  2. 2. (of taxi drivers, pedicab riders, etc.) take on passengers
  3. 3. (of prostitutes) solicit patrons

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

拉客 [lākè]
  1. 1. (旅店、饭馆等)招揽顾客。
  2. 2. (出租汽车、人力车)运载乘客。
  3. 3. 妓女招引嫖客。

Examples

She works the streets.
她在街上拉客
The young girl was hooking just to buy food.
这个年轻女孩仅仅为了食物就去拉客
The officers saw the girls soliciting and brought them to a police station.
官员们看着女孩们拉客,就把她们带到了警察局。
The young man was caught soliciting in the park.
这个年轻男人在公园里拉客时被抓个正着。
She is too shy to solicit.
她太腼腆,不好意思拉客
The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man.
她试图拉客时被警察抓住了,警察对她做了登记备案。

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