Chinese Word: 喇 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

喇Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 口

Pictophonetic:剌 indicates the sound; 口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 剌 [ lá ] to slash, to cut in two; to contradict

Similar Characters: 楋

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Pinyin: lā

English Definition:(onom.) sound of wind, rain etc

Example Words:

	喇叭水仙	lā bā shuǐ xiān	daffodil
	粉不喇唧	fěn bu lā jī	chalky (idiom)

Pinyin: lǎ

English Definition:(phonetic)

Chinese Definition:
①(喇叭)a。一种管乐器，铜制。b。喇叭筒状，有扩音作用的东西，如“汽车喇喇”。
②(喇嘛教)佛教的一派，传播于中国藏族、蒙古族地区。
③(喇嘛)中国藏语，喇嘛教的僧人，原意“上人”、“师傅”。

Example Words:

喇叭HSK 6	lǎ ba	horn (automobile etc); loudspeaker; brass wind instrument; trumpet; suona 锁呐
喇嘛	lǎ ma	lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
吹喇叭HSK 6	chuī lǎ ba	(lit.) blowing the trumpet; (fig.) to praise sb; (slang) to give a blowjob
喇叭花HSK 6	lǎ ba huā	morning glory
喇叭裤	lǎ ba kù	flared trousers; bell-bottomed pants