Chinese Word: 啦 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

啦Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 口

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

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 拉 [ lā ] to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

Similar Characters: 啪

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Pinyin: lā

English Definition:(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat

Chinese Definition:
①同“拉”。闲扯，闲谈。［合］啦呱(闲聊)；人人都愿意和他啦。
②另见la。

Example Words:

哗啦	huā lā	(onom.) sound of a crash; with a crash
稀里哗啦	xī li huā lā	(onom.) rustling sound; sound of rain or of sth falling down; in disorder; completely smashed; badly battered; broken to pieces
噼里啪啦	pī li pā lā	(onom.) to crackle and rattle; to pitter-patter
呼啦圈	hū lā quān	hula hoop (loanword)
呼啦啦	hū lā lā	flapping sound

Pinyin: la

English Definition:sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊 , indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples

Chinese Definition:
①助词，作用大致和“了”相同：你真的来啦？他早走啦。大楼终于建成啦！

Example Words:

嘎啦	gā la	(onom.) rumbling; rattling
嘎啦	gá la	to quarrel (Northeastern Mandarin)
哗啦	huá la	to collapse

1		tā 她 zhēn 真 lái 来 lā 啦？ Has she really come?
2		wǒ 我 děi 得 zǎo diǎn 早点 shuì 睡， wǎn ān 晚安 lā 啦。 I have to sleep early, good night.