啪啦

Chinese

		An onomatopoeia of the sound of beating, clapping, etc.	(an auxiliary word performing the grammatical functions of mood); fusion of le + a; (onomat.) (an auxiliary word performing the grammatical functions of mood); fusion of le + a; (onomat.); phonetic
simp. and trad. (啪啦)		啪	啦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pālā

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa¹ laa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pālā → pāla (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ ㄌㄚ → ㄆㄚ ˙ㄌㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: palå
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa¹-la⁵
    • Yale: pā-la
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pa.lha
    • Palladius: пала (pala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/ → /pʰä⁵⁵ lä²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa¹ laa¹
    • Yale: pā lā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa¹ laa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa¹ la¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː⁵⁵ laː⁵⁵/

Interjection

啪啦

1. (onomatopoeia) A crackling or shattering sound.

Verb

啪啦 (Beijing Mandarin)

1. to fall and crack
2. to break down; to collapse