# 喇

| 喇 | U+5587, &#21895; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5587 |
| ← 喆 [U+5586] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 喈 → [U+5588] |
| 喇 | U+F90B, &#63755; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F90B |
| ← 金 [U+F90A] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 奈 → [U+F90C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

喇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口木中弓 (RDLN), four-corner 6200$_0$, composition ⿰口剌)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 197, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3909
* Dae Jaweon: page 419, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 651, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5587
* Unihan data for U+F90B

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎ (la$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): laa$^3$ / laa$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): la̍p
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): la / lá / la̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): la$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎ
*** Wade–Giles: la$^3$
*** Yale: lǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa
*** Palladius: ла (la)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laa$^3$ / laa$^5$
*** Yale: la / láh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laa$^3$ / laa$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: la$^3$ / la$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /laː³³/, /laː¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: la̍p
*** Hakka Romanization System: lab
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /lap̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la
*** Tâi-lô: la
*** Phofsit Daibuun: laf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /la⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /la³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lá
*** Tâi-lô: lá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lar
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /la⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /la⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍t
*** Tâi-lô: la̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lat
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lat̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lat̚²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: la$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la
*** Sinological IPA : /la³³/

#### Definitions

喇
* Only used in 喇叭 (lǎba, “trumpet; bugle”).

#### Compounds

* 吹喇叭 (chuī lǎba)
* 喇叭
* 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)
* 大喇叭 (dàlǎba)
* 小喇叭 (xiǎolǎbā)
* 琉璃喇叭
* 環繞喇叭／环绕喇叭

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎ (la$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): laa$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h / la̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): la$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎ
*** Wade–Giles: la$^3$
*** Yale: lǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa
*** Palladius: ла (la)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laa$^1$
*** Yale: lā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: la$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /laː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h
*** Tâi-lô: la̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lah
*** IPA (Xiamen): /laʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /laʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʔ¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍t
*** Tâi-lô: la̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lat
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lat̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lat̚²⁴/
* la̍h - vernacular;
* la̍t - literary.

#### Definitions

喇
* Only used in 喇嘛 (lǎma, “lama”).

#### Compounds

* 喇嘛 (lǎma)
* 喇嘛教 (Lǎmajiào)
* 燒喇嘛——站起來／烧喇嘛——站起来
* 班禪喇嘛／班禅喇嘛 (bānchán lǎma)
* 達賴喇嘛／达赖喇嘛 (dálài lǎma)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎ (la$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎ
*** Wade–Giles: la$^3$
*** Yale: lǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa
*** Palladius: ла (la)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

喇
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#### Compounds

* 八怪七喇
* 唐古喇山
* 喀喇崑崙／喀喇昆仑
* 喇嘴
* 背哈喇子

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lā (la$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): laa$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lā
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: la
*** Wade–Giles: la$^1$
*** Yale: lā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lha
*** Palladius: ла (la)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laa$^1$
*** Yale: lā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: la$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /laː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

喇
* (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

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lá (la$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lá
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lá
*** Wade–Giles: la$^2$
*** Yale: lá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: la
*** Palladius: ла (la)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä³⁵/

#### Definitions

喇
* Only used in 哈喇子 (hālázi, “saliva”) and 半喇子兒／半喇子儿 (“a half”).

### Etymology 6

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 了?”)

#### Pronunciation 1

* Cantonese (Jyutping): laa$^3$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laa$^3$
*** Yale: la
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: la$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /laː³³/

##### Definitions

喇 (Cantonese)
* Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state.
       keoi$^5$ hai$^6$ daai$^6$ hok$^6$ saang$^1$ laa$^3$. [Jyutping]
       He has become a university student / He is a university student now.
* Used at the end of a sentence to inform the beginning of an action.
    我走喇。 [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― ngo$^5$ zau$^2$ laa$^3$. [Jyutping] ― I'm leaving now.
    nei$^5$ gwaai$^1$ gwaai$^1$ dei$^{6-2}$ co$^5$ hai$^2$ dou$^6$ laa$^3$ haa$^2$. [Jyutping]
    Sit here and behave, OK?

##### Synonyms

* (Mandarin) 了 (le)

##### See also

* (Cantonese) 啦 (laa1), 嘞 (laak3)

#### Pronunciation 2

* Cantonese (Jyutping): laa$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laa$^4$
*** Yale: làh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: la$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /laː²¹/

##### Definitions

喇 (Cantonese)
* Sentence-final particle expressing surprise and suspicion.
       keoi$^5$ hai$^6$ daai$^6$ hok$^6$ saang$^1$ laa$^4$? [Jyutping]
       He has become a university student? / He is a university student now?
    你走喇？ [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― nei$^5$ zau$^2$ laa$^4$? [Jyutping] ― You are leaving?

###### Usage notes

The tone of the Cantonese sentence-final particles 呀 (aa3), 喇 (laa3), 㗎 (gaa3) and 咋 (zaa3) can be dropped to tone 4 to add disapproval, surprise and suspicion to the particle while also turning the statement into a question.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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)

## Korean
### Hanja

喇 • (ral, ra) (hangeul 랄, 라, revised ral, ra, McCune–Reischauer ral, ra)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

喇: Hán Nôm readings: lạt
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