= l + a1
(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc / (phonetic) / (dialect) to chat
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la = l + a5
sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation / particle placed after each item in a list of examples
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How to pronounce 啦

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= l initial

L is for Sir Lancelot.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ a1 final

In front of the ashram.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= l initial

L is for Sir Lancelot.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ a5 final

On the ashram’s roof.

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啦 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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= l + a1
to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels
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Characters with 啦 as component

啦 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 啦

cheerleading squad
(onom.) sound of a crash / with a crash
to collapse

Sentences with 啦

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