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啦

lā
Particle Very common

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啦
la Particle sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples
啦
lā Particle (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic)

Definitions

  1. 1. (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc
  2. 2. (phonetic)
  3. 3. (dialect) to chat

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Stroke order

11 strokes

Example Sentences

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買到 啦 ？
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1670076)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 啦

啦啦队
lā lā duì

cheerleading squad

叭啦狗
bā lā gǒu

bulldog

吧啦吧啦
bā lā bā lā

(loanword) blah blah blah

呼啦啦
hū lā lā

flapping sound

呼啦圈
hū lā quān

hula hoop (loanword)

哆啦A梦
duō lā a mèng

Doraemon, Japanese manga and anime series character

哩哩啦啦
lī lī lā lā

scattered

唏哩哗啦
xī lī huā lā

(onom.) clatter (of mahjong tiles etc)

啦啦队长
lā lā duì zhǎng

cheerleader

喀啦喀啦
kā lā kā lā

(onom.) clank

嘎啦
gā la

(onom.) rumbling

嘎啦
gá la

to quarrel (Northeastern Mandarin)

哗啦
huā lā

(onom.) sound of a crash

哗啦
huá la

to collapse

哗啦一声
huā lā yī shēng

with a crash

哗啦啦
huā lā lā

(onom.) crashing sound

噼里啪啦
pī li pā lā

(onom.) to crackle and rattle

稀里哗啦
xī li huā lā

(onom.) rustling sound

霹雳啪啦
pī lì pā lā

see 噼裡啪啦|噼里啪啦[pī li pā lā]