啦

啦 U+5566, 啦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5566 ← 啥 [U+5565] CJK Unified Ideographs 啧 → [U+5567]

Translingual

Han character

啦 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口手卜廿 (RQYT), four-corner 6001₈, composition ⿰口拉)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3882
• Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 636, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5566

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 拉.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		啦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): la (la⁵／la⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: la
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lå
    • Wade–Giles: la⁵
    • Yale: la
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .la
    • Palladius: ла (la)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä/

Definitions

啦

1. (Mandarin, colloquial) Contraction of 了啊 (le a).
   1. Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state with a strong emotion.
   2. Used at the end of a sentence to inform the beginning of an action with a strong emotion.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		啦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lā (la¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: la
    • Wade–Giles: la¹
    • Yale: lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lha
    • Palladius: ла (la)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵/

Definitions

啦

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Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		啦

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laa¹
    • Yale: lā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: la¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laː⁵⁵/

Definitions

啦

1. (Cantonese) Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order.

   走啦！ [Cantonese]  ―  zau² laa¹! [Jyutping]  ―  Leave (please)!

2. (onomatopoeia) cheering sound

Usage notes

• Without the particle, the example is very impersonal and straightforward, whilst it is softened down with the particle 啦.
• The usage of this particle is usually spoken, but its written form can be used in some informal writing. With more formal settings of writing, the Mandarin particle 吧 (baa6) is used instead.

Synonyms

• (interjection): (Mandarin) 吧 (ba)

Descendants

• → English: lah (or via Malay lah), la
• → Malay: lah
  • → English: lah (or directly from Cantonese 啦 (laa¹))

See also

• (Cantonese) 喇 (laa3), 嘞 (laak3)

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		啦

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): --la / --lah

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --la
    • Tâi-lô: --la
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lah
    • Tâi-lô: --lah

Definitions

啦

1. (Min Nan) Placed at the end of a sentence to denote completion of an action.
2. (Min Nan) Placed at the end of a sentence to denote dissatisfaction.
3. (Philippine Hokkien) Sentence-final particle expressing affirmation or exclamation, similar to 啊 (ā) in Standard Mandarin.

   我食飽咯啦／我食饱咯啦 [Philippine Hokkien]  ―  Góa chia̍h-pá--lo͘--la [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  I've eaten already, ok. / I'm full now, alright.

   Synonym: 矣

Etymology 5

From 了 + 啊

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wiktionary): ⁰la

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• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ⁰la
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /la̱/

Definitions

啦 (Shanghainese Wu)

1. Placed on the end of a sentence to indicate a yes-no question.

   功課做好啦？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   功课做好啦？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 310

   [kʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰv̩ʷ²¹ t͡sv̩ʷ³³ hɔ⁵⁵ la̱²¹] [IPA]

   Have you finished your homework?

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wiktionary): ⁰la

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• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ⁰la
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /la̱/

Definitions

啦 (Shanghainese Wu)

1. Used to indicate a persistent questioning tone

   哪能辦啦？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   哪能办啦？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 310

   [na̱²² nəɲ⁴⁴ pe̞³⁴ la̱] [IPA]

   How do you do this?

2. Used to indicate berating tone

   儂哪能介糊塗啦！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬哪能介糊涂啦！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 310

   [nʊŋ²³ nã²² nəɲ⁴⁴ ka̱⁴⁴  ɦv̩ʷ²² d̥v̩ʷ⁵⁵ la̱²¹] [IPA]

   How are you this disordered!

Compounds

• 㕷啦
• 吹啦
• 哩哩啦啦 (līlilālā)
• 唏哩花啦

• 啪啦 (pālā)
• 嘎啦 (gālā)
• 劈里啪啦
• 啦啦隊／啦啦队 (lālāduì)

• 嘩啦／哗啦
• 嘩啦啦／哗啦啦 (huālālā)
• 嘰哩呱啦／叽哩呱啦 (jīliguālā)
• 稀里嘩啦／稀里哗啦 (xīlǐhuālā)

Japanese

Kanji

啦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←ろふ (rofu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らふ (rafu, historical)}

Vietnamese

Han character

啦: Hán Nôm readings: lạp, láp

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