天啦嚕

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	modal particle	particle
trad. (天啦嚕)		天	啦	嚕
simp. (天啦噜)		天	啦	噜
alternative forms		天了嚕／天了噜

Etymology

Imitating the speech of the popular singer Jolin Tsai (see the (Jo)lin subculture).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānlalū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄌㄚ ㄌㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānlalū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄌㄚ ㄌㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianlålu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-la⁵-lu¹
    • Yale: tyān-la-lū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian.lalhu
    • Palladius: тяньлалу (tjanʹlalu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lä² lu⁵⁵/

Interjection

天啦嚕

1. (neologism, slang) My God! My goodness!