拉客

lākè
  1. to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc)
  2. to importune

CEDICT

to solicit clients (of salespeople, taxi drivers, sex workers, etc)

Wiktionary

招揽客人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 拉 lā
  1. to pull
  2. to play (a bowed instrument)
  3. to drag
  4. to draw
  5. to chat
  6. (coll.) to empty one's bowels
2 客 kè
  1. customer; visitor; guest
  2. classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)

Related entries

征求 zhēngqiú
  1. to solicit
  2. to seek
  3. to request (opinions, feedback etc)
  4. to petition
你应该向他征求意见。

You ought to ask him for advice.

Source: Tatoeba

兜揽 dōulǎn
  1. to canvas (for customers)
  2. to solicit
  3. to advertise
  4. to drum up
  5. sales pitch
  6. to take on (a task)
征选 zhēngxuǎn
  1. to call for entries and select the best
  2. to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc)
  3. to select (the best candidate)
  4. contest
  5. competition
招徕 zhāolái
  1. to canvass (for customers)
  2. to solicit
  3. to recruit
邀 yāo
  1. to invite
  2. to request
  3. to intercept
  4. to solicit
  5. to seek
我邀了她一起晚餐。

I invited her to dinner.

Source: Tatoeba