# 啦

| 啦 | U+5566, &#21862; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5566 |
| ← 啥 [U+5565] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 啧 → [U+5567] |

## Translingual
### Han character

啦 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口手卜廿 (RQYT), four-corner 6001$_8$, composition ⿰口拉)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3882
* Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 636, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5566

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 拉.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): la (la$^5$／la$^0$)
    (Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: la
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lå
*** Wade–Giles: la$^5$
*** Yale: la
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .la
*** Palladius: ла (la)
*** Sinological IPA : /lä/

#### Definitions

啦
* (Mandarin, colloquial) Contraction of 了啊 (le a).
** Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state with a strong emotion.
** Used at the end of a sentence to inform the beginning of an action with a strong emotion.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lā (la$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ
* 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/

#### Definitions

啦
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### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): laa$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laa$^1$
*** Yale: lā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: la$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /laː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

啦
* (Cantonese) Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order.
    走啦！ [Cantonese] ― zau$^2$ laa$^1$! [Jyutping] ― Leave (please)!
* (onomatopoeia) cheering sound

##### Usage notes

* Without the particle, the example is very impersonal and straightforward, whilst it is softened down with the particle 啦.
* The usage of this particle is usually spoken, but its written form can be used in some informal writing. With more formal settings of writing, the Mandarin particle 吧 (baa6) is used instead.

##### Synonyms

* (sentence-final particle):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 啦, 吧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啦 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 啦 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 啦 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 閣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 唷 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 閣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 啦 |

##### Descendants

* → English: lah (or via Malay lah), la
* → Malay: lah
** → English: lah (or directly from Cantonese 啦 (laa$^1$))

##### See also

* (Cantonese) 喇 (laa3), 嘞 (laak3)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): --la / --lah
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --la
*** Tâi-lô: --la
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lah
*** Tâi-lô: --lah

#### Definitions

啦
* (Southern Min) Placed at the end of a sentence to denote completion of an action.
* (Southern Min) Placed at the end of a sentence to denote dissatisfaction and perfunctoriness.
* (Philippine Hokkien) Placed at the end of a sentence to denote affirmation.
       Góa chia̍h-pá--lo͘--la [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       I've eaten already, ok. / I'm full now, alright.

### Etymology 5

From 了 + 啊

#### Pronunciation

* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^0$la
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^0$la
*** MiniDict: la
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^0$la
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /la/

#### Definitions

啦 (Shanghainese)
* Placed on the end of a sentence to indicate a yes-no question.
       From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 310
       $^1$kon-khu $^5$tsu-hau-la [Wugniu]
       Have you finished your homework?

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^0$la
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^0$la
*** MiniDict: la
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^0$la
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /la/

#### Definitions

啦 (Shanghainese)
* Used to indicate a persistent questioning tone
       From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 310
       $^6$na-nen $^5$pe $^0$la [Wugniu]
       How do you do this?
* Used to indicate berating tone
       From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 310
       $^6$non $^6$nan-nen $^1$ka $^6$wu-du-la [Wugniu]
       How are you this disordered!

### Compounds

* 劈里啪啦
* 吹啦
* 㕷啦
* 哩哩啦啦 (līlilālā)
* 唏哩花啦
* 啪啦 (pālā)
* 啦啦隊／啦啦队 (lālāduì)
* 嘎啦
* 嘰哩呱啦／叽哩呱啦 (jīliguālā)
* 嘩啦／哗啦
* 嘩啦啦／哗啦啦 (huālālā)
* 媠啦
* 稀里嘩啦 (xīlǐhuālā)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ろう (rō)
* Kan-on: ろう (rō)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

啦: Hán Nôm readings: lạp, láp
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