喇

Translingual

Han character

喇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口木中弓 (RDLN), four-corner 6200₀, composition ⿰口剌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 197, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3909
• Dae Jaweon: page 419, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 651, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5587

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		喇

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎ (la³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa³ / laa⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): la̍p
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): la / lá / la̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): la¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎ
    • Wade–Giles: la³
    • Yale: lǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa
    • Palladius: ла (la)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laa³ / laa⁵
    • Yale: la / láh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa³ / laa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: la³ / la⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laː³³/, /laː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: la̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: lab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /lap̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la
    • Tâi-lô: la
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /la⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /la³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lá
    • Tâi-lô: lá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /la⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /la⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lat̚²⁴/

Note: la̍t - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: la¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /la³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 喇

1. Only used in 喇叭 (lǎba, “trumpet; bugle”).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎ (la³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h / la̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): la¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎ
    • Wade–Giles: la³
    • Yale: lǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa
    • Palladius: ла (la)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laa¹
    • Yale: lā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: la¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lat̚²⁴/

Note:

• la̍h - vernacular;
• la̍t - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: la¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /la³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 喇

1. Only used in 喇嘛 (lǎma, “lama”).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎ (la³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎ
    • Wade–Giles: la³
    • Yale: lǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa
    • Palladius: ла (la)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 喇

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Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lā (la¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa¹

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 喇

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of wind or rain

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lá (la²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lá
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lá
    • Wade–Giles: la²
    • Yale: lá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: la
    • Palladius: ла (la)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 喇

1. Only used in 哈喇子 (hālázi, “saliva”) and 半喇子兒／半喇子儿 (“a half”).

Etymology 6

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Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		喇
alternative forms		啦 嘑／呼 嚹 𡅈

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laa³
    • Yale: la
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: la³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laː³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 喇 (Cantonese)

1. Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state.

   佢係大學生喇。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   佢系大学生喇。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ hai⁶ daai⁶ hok⁶ saang¹ laa³. [Jyutping]

   He has become a university student / He is a university student now.

2. Used at the end of a sentence to inform the beginning of an action.

   我走喇。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ zau² laa³. [Jyutping]  ―  I'm leaving now.

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 了 (le)

See also

• 啦 (la), 嘞 (lei)

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		喇
alternative forms		嗱 啦

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laa⁴
    • Yale: làh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: la⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laː²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 喇 (Cantonese)

1. Sentence-final particle expressing surprise and suspicion.

   佢係大學生喇？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   佢系大学生喇？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ hai⁶ daai⁶ hok⁶ saang¹ laa⁴? [Jyutping]

   He has become a university student? / He is a university student now?

   你走喇？ [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ zau² laa⁴? [Jyutping]  ―  You are leaving?

Usage notes

The tone of the Cantonese sentence-final particles 呀 (aa3), 喇 (laa3), 㗎 (gaa3) and 咋 (zaa3) can be dropped to tone 4 to add disapproval, surprise and suspicion to the particle while also turning the statement into a question.

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Japanese

Kanji

喇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: らち (rachi)
• Kan-on: らつ (ratsu)
• Kan’yō-on: ら (ra)
• Kun: ものいう (monoiu)

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Korean

Hanja

喇 • (ral, ra) (hangeul 랄, 라, revised ral, ra, McCune–Reischauer ral, ra)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 喇 (lạt)

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