喇叭

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (喇叭)		喇	叭

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ (labai, “sea shell; conch; conch trumpet”), in turn borrowed from Chinese 螺貝 (MC luɑ pɑi^H, “shell; conch; conch trumpet”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lǎba, lǎbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ, ㄌㄚˇ ㄅㄚ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): лаба (laba, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa³ baa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): la̍p-pá
• Min Dong (BUC): lā-pá
• Min Nan (POJ): la-pa / lá-pah / lah-pah / là-pa / la-pah / lat-pah
• Wu (Wiktionary): laq paq (T5); laq pa (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎba
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa.ba
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎbå
    • IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary or regional variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ ㄅㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laaba
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎba
    • IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pä⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: лаба (laba, II-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /laː⁵¹ paː²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laa³ baa¹
    • Yale: la bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa³ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: la³ ba¹
    • IPA ^(key): /läː³³ päː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: la̍p-pá
    • Hakka Romanization System: lab ba`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lab⁶ ba³
    • IPA: /lap̚⁵ pa³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lā-pá
    • IPA ^(key): /l̃a³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(pʰ-)βɑ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, rare in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la-pa
    • Tâi-lô: la-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: la'paf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /la⁴⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /la³³ pa³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /la⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lá-pah
    • Tâi-lô: lá-pah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lafpaq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /la⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ paʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /la⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lah-pah
    • Tâi-lô: lah-pah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lahpaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /la(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ paʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: là-pa
    • Tâi-lô: là-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: larpaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /la²¹⁻⁴¹ pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /la¹¹⁻⁵³ pa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la-pah
    • Tâi-lô: la-pah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: la'paq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /la⁴⁴⁻³³ paʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lat-pah
    • Tâi-lô: lat-pah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: latpaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lat̚³²⁻⁴ paʔ³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: laq paq (T5); laq pa (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /la̱ʔ¹¹ pa̱ʔ²³/, /la̱ʔ¹¹ pa̱²³/

Noun

喇叭

1. (music) horn
2. (music) Alternative name for 嗩吶／唢呐 (suǒnà, “suona”).
3. (music) a long, straight, valveless brass trumpet used in the traditional music of China
4. Alternative name for 揚聲器／扬声器 (yángshēngqì, “loudspeaker; speaker; amplifier”).
5. (in automobiles etc.) horn
6. (figuratively) gossiper; one who disseminates information unrestrainedly

Usage notes

This is a generic term which can be used to describe anything that has a horn or trumpet-like conical shape.

Derived terms

• 吹喇叭 (chuī lǎba)
• 喇叭口兒／喇叭口儿
• 喇叭手
• 喇叭筒
• 喇叭花 (lǎbahuā)
• 喇叭蟲／喇叭虫
• 喇叭裙 (lǎbaqún)
• 喇叭褲／喇叭裤 (lǎbakù)

• 喇喇叭叭
• 大喇叭 (dàlǎba)
• 小喇叭
• 琉璃喇叭
• 環繞喇叭／环绕喇叭
• 窗兒眼吹喇叭／窗儿眼吹喇叭
• 隔著窗戶吹喇叭／隔著窗户吹喇叭

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (喇叭):

• → Japanese: 喇叭 (らっぱ) (rappa)
• → Korean: 나발 (喇叭, nabal)
• → Vietnamese: lạt bát (喇叭)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
喇	叭
らつ > らっ Hyōgaiji	は > ぱ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

喇叭 (hiragana らっぱ, rōmaji rappa)

1. trumpet
2. bugle
3. Short for 喇叭飲み.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
喇	叭

Noun

喇叭 • (nabal) (hangeul 나발)

1. Hanja form^? of 나발 (“nabal”).

Further reading

• Nabal (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 나발 on the Korean Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ko