Chinese Character 啦 (laa1 laa3 | la5 {la1}) : final particle, polite

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啦
laa1 laa3 la5 {la1}
A final particle. It modifies a phrase to make it more polite. For example, turning a directive into a request. Omitting this particle could therefore make the speaker appear rude. Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing only 粵 Stroke count: 11 Level: 3 Radical: 口 (#30)
啦
This character was last edited on 7th Mar 2008
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係噉啦 hai6 gam2 laa1 = so be it; let it be this way; it's a deal粵啦啦聲 laa4 laa42 seng1 = quickly; hurry粵無啦啦 mou4 laa1 laa1 = suddenly; without reason粵起筷啦 hei2 faai3 laa1 = "help yourself" at dinner table 睇過先啦 tai2 gwo3 sin1 laa1 = that depends 睇下先啦 tai2 haa5 sin1 laa1 = the depends 由得佢啦 jau4 dak1 keoi5 laa1 = to leave well alone; let him alone粵都好啦 dou1 hou2 laa1 = "it will be fine" 睇嚟湊啦 tai2 lai4 cau3 laa1 = that depends 啦啦隊 laa1 laa1 deoi62 la1 la1 dui4 = cheerleading squad; cheerleaders See all 19 compounds
Showing 10 of 27 examples containing 啦王先生後日就返啦。粵 edit Mr. Wong will be coming back the day after tomorrow. 我下個星期就返香港啦。粵 edit I'm going back to Hong Kong next week. 你一有消息就通知我啦。 edit Once you have the news then let me know. 就嚟悶到我死啦粵 edit I am bored to death. [[literally] almost bored to the point where I die.] 咪郁啦!!你喺到郁嚟郁去我睇唔到前面呀. 粵 edit Don't move!! I can't see the front when you keep moving. [the meaning of 咪郁 and 唔好郁 is the same basically, but the young people would like to say 咪郁 more than 唔好郁.] 我地七點喺七仔等啦. 粵 edit We meet (outside) at Seven-Eleven shop at 7:00. 你慳返啖氣啦! 粵 edit Save your breath! [Said by someone who doesn't want to listen to what the other person is saying.] 唔使除鞋啦! 粵 edit Don't take off your shoes! 你唔好咁惡屎能登啦！粵 edit Don't be so mean! 快啲行啦，唔係就遲到㗎喇。粵 edit Please be quicker, otherwise it will be late. Show all 27 examples Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 啦
Unicode code for this character: U+5566 (off-site link)

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