啦

啦 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口手卜廿 (RQYT), four-corner 6001₈, composition ⿰口拉)

• 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

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

啦

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

啦

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啦

1. (Cantonese) Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order.

   走啦！ [Cantonese]  ―  zau² laa¹!   ―  Leave (please)!

2. (onomatopoeia) cheering sound

• 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.

• (sentence-final particle):

• → English: lah (or via Malay lah), la
• → Malay: lah, la, ah (Etymology 1, informal, clipping)
  • → English: lah (or directly from Cantonese 啦 (laa¹))

• (Cantonese) 喇 (laa3), 嘞 (laak3)

啦

1. (Hokkien) Used as a final particle to indicate, focus on, or exclaim a topic, subject, declaration.

   Synonym: 啊 (--a / --ah)

   我食飽囉啦。 [Philippine Hokkien, trad.]
   我食饱啰啦。 [Philippine Hokkien, simp.]

   Góa chia̍h-pá--lo͘--la. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I've eaten already, ok. / I'm full now, alright.

   真媠啦！ [Hokkien]  ―  Chin súi--la! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Quite beautiful, alright!

   凊彩啦！ [Hokkien]  ―  Chhìn-chhái--la! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Any will do, ok!

2. (Hokkien) Used as a final particle to express exhortation.

   Synonym: 啊 (--a / --ah)

   緊來啦，坐咧食囉啦。 [Philippine Hokkien, trad.]
   紧来啦，坐咧食啰啦。 [Philippine Hokkien, simp.]

   Kín lâi--la, chě lé chia̍h--lo͘--la. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Come quickly ok, sit and eat already alright.

3. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) already; now (Used as a final perfective particle to denote completion.)

   Synonyms: 囉 / 啰 (--lo͘ / --lo͘h), 矣 (--ah / --a), (Singapore, Malaysia) 了 (liáu)

4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Used as a final perfunctory particle to denote displeasure, unwillingness, and perfunctoriness.

   好啦！毋通吵阮啦！ [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   Hó--lah! M̄-thang chhá goán--lah! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Ok alright! Don't annoy us already!

• (final perfective particle):

From 了 + 啊

啦 (Shanghainese)

1. Placed on the end of a sentence to indicate a yes-no question.
   • 2007, 钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong], 上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn], 上海辞书出版社, page 310:

     功課做好啦？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
     功课做好啦？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

     ¹kon-khu ⁵tsu-hau-la [Wugniu]

     Have you finished your homework?

啦 (Shanghainese)

1. Used to indicate a persistent questioning tone
   • 2007, 钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong], 上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn], 上海辞书出版社, page 310:

     哪能辦啦？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
     哪能办啦？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

     ⁶na-nen ⁵pe ⁰la [Wugniu]

     How do you do this?

2. Used to indicate berating tone
   • 2007, 钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong], 上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn], 上海辞书出版社, page 310:

     儂哪能介糊塗啦！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
     侬哪能介糊涂啦！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

     ⁶non ⁶nan-nen ¹ka ⁶wu-du-la [Wugniu]

     How are you this disordered!

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←ろふ (rofu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らふ (rafu, historical)}

啦: Hán Nôm readings: lạp, láp

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