喇

喇

喇 U+5587, 喇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5587 ← 喆 [U+5586] CJK Unified Ideographs 喈 → [U+5588]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		喇

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎ (la³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa³, laa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ
    • Wade–Giles: la³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa
    • IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laa³, laa¹
    • Yale: la, lā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa³, laa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: la³, la¹
    • IPA ^(key): /läː³³/, /läː⁵⁵/

Definitions

喇

1. Used in 喇嘛 (lǎma, “lama”).
2. Used in 喇叭 (lǎba, “trumpet; bugle”).

Compounds

八怪七喇 吹喇叭 (chuī lǎba) 唐古喇山 喇叭 (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 喇叭褲／喇叭裤 (lǎbakù) 喇嘛 (lǎma) 喇嘛教 (Lǎmajiào) 喇嘴 大喇叭 (dàlǎba)

小喇叭 燒喇嘛／烧喇嘛 班禪喇嘛／班禅喇嘛 (bānchán lǎma) 琉璃喇叭 環繞喇叭／环绕喇叭 背哈喇子 達賴喇嘛／达赖喇嘛 (dálài lǎma)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lā (la¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: la¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lha
    • IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵/

Definitions

喇

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of wind or rain

Compounds

佧喇 刮喇 勃喇喇

咿哩呱喇 喇喇叭叭 喇喇哩哩

嘩喇喇／哗喇喇 活喇喇 滑喇

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lá (la²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˊ

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

Definitions

喇

1. Only used in 哈喇子 (hālázi, “saliva”).

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): la (la⁵)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: la
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: la⁵
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .lha
    • IPA ^(key): /lä/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laa³
    • Yale: la
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: la³
    • IPA ^(key): /läː³³/

Definitions

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 student / He is a 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)

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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

喇 (lạt)

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