(lā) - (sentence-final particle for exclamation) in Mandarin
lāTraditional: 啦
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Translation
(sentence-final particle for exclamation)
Word origin
啦 is a sentence-final exclamatory particle, a fusion of 了 (le) and 啊 (a). The graph is a phono-semantic compound with the 口 'mouth' radical, marking it as a spoken particle, and phonetic 拉 (lā).
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 口 (mouth radical) + 拉 (lā, phonetic)
Stroke order
啦
Examples
！
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.
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