喇 (laa3 laa1 | la3 la1) : trumpet; lama; now

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喇

laa3 laa1

la3 la1

[粵] laa3 | [國] la3
[n] trumpet; loudspeaker

[粵] laa1 | [國] la3
[Buddhism] lama

[粵] laa3 - Cantonese only
[final particle] now; right now; up till now; from now on | [variant] 啦

[國] la1 - Mandarin only
[onomatopoeia] wala; hula

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

喇

This word has been viewed 21394 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Nov 2011 05:46

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得㗎喇 dak1 gaa3 laa3 de2 ga5 la1 = OK; will do 粵

得喇 dak1 laa3 = it's okay now 粵

喇叭 laa3 baa1 la3 ba5 = loudspeaker; horn, bugle, trumpet

嚓喇 caat3 laa1*3 = sound made when something passes through a hole perfectly 粵

喇叭水仙 laa3 baa1 seoi2 sin1 la1 ba1 shui3 xian1 = daffodil

喇叭口 laa3 baa1 hau2 la3 ba1 kou3 = bellmouth; flared

就得㗎喇 zau6 dak1 gaa3 laa3 jiu4 de2 ga5 la1 = OK, will do 粵

金喇叭 gam1 laa3 baa1 = Solandra guttata (chalice-vine)

嘅喇 ge3 laa3 = (final particle) 粵

沙喇 saa1 laa2 = wrong 粵
See all 21 compounds (CantoDict reports 24 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 27 examples containing 喇

太多嘢食喇！粵
Too much food!
[If it is obvious that food is being talked about, the more general 太多嘢喇！ would probably be preferred.]

我走先喇。粵
I have to leave earlier.

唔阻你喇粵
I won't disturb you.
[Lit. not block you [particle]]

我send咗email畀你喇，你check啦！粵
I sent you an email, check it!
[This is a good example of typical office Cantonese. It's very normal to integrate the three English words above; using the "proper" Chinese words (電郵, 寄 and 睇) is not the most natural way of saying it.]

我唔睇電視唔得喇! 粵
I need to watch TV!
[Literally "I cannot not watch TV".]

聖誕節就快到喇粵
It will be Christmas soon

好夜㗎喇!! 粵
It's very late now!
[Here, 㗎喇 works as a simple reminder without 就 preceding it]

我同佢散咗好耐喇粵
I split up with her a long time ago.
[[literal] I with her have-separated very long already]

套西裝洗咗喇粵
The suit has been cleaned.
[[literal] 套 (classifier) + 西裝 western suit + 洗咗 have washed + 喇 (final particle) This simple sentence shows that passive construction in Cantonese does not always need a passive marker (俾) as it does in English.]

佢喺多倫多住咗十年喇。粵
He has lived in Toronto for ten years.
[喇 means "by now" in the sentence, indicating sth in the present. Cutting off 喇, the sentence would mean "He lived in Toronto for ten years", indicating sth of the past.]

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