啦 - Mandarin word #146

啦

lā

Traditional: 啦

HSK 3

#146 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

(sentence-final particle for exclamation)

Stroke order

啦

！

Let's go!

，。

Alright, I get it.

。

Don't be like that.

！

We are off!

。

He has already left.

啦 (lā) means (sentence-final particle for exclamation). It is used as a particle in everyday Mandarin speech.

啊

ah, oh (exclamatory particle)

吧

suggestion or softening particle (let's, shall we, I suppose)

吗

question particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)

呢

and what about...? (question particle)

呀

ah, oh (softening particle)

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 3.