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 21410 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 all 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.]

快啲行啦，唔係就遲到㗎喇。粵
Please be quicker, otherwise it will be late.

唔好笑得咁大聲啦！畀人歧視喇！
Don't laugh so loudly! We are being discriminated!

唔快啲就趕唔切㗎喇! 粵
Let's hurry or we might miss it!
[Here, 就...㗎喇 means "or else"]

你唔聽話, 就唔帶你去㗎喇! 粵
You better behave yourself else I won't take you there!
[Here, 就...㗎喇 carries a more threatening tone, but still serves as a reminder.]

呢個紙板箱，放喺地下就得㗎喇。粵
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor.
[(No need to do anything else to the box.)]

我唔理個房幾細, 求其有張床就得喇粵
I don't mind how small the room is as long as there is a bed inside.

家下都𨂾光黑，我睇係嚟唔切去架喇！粵
It is already dusk, I don't think we can make it in time.

呢件事，眞係冇符喇粵
I'm at wits end for this matter

唔好玩水，唔係就會𢱕濕衫喇。粵
Don't play in the water, or else you will get your clothes wet.

舊底呢種玩具風靡一時，而家唔興㗎喇。粵
This type of toy was once very fashionable and popular. Now it is no longer an 'in thing'.

而家唔好買住，遲啲啲嘢就會喊冷㗎喇。粵
Do not buy now; they will soon be slashing the prices.

而家冇人聽佢支笛㗎喇粵
No one takes instructions from him anymore.

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

我要閃喇﹐聽日見。粵
I need to run, see you tomorrow.

等到你返嚟嗰陣﹐佢已經走咗三日喇。粵
By the time you return, he will have already been gone for three days.
[咗 (have been) is a perfective marker in a future tense sentence here.]

呢啲山路係咁𪙛𠸉㗎喇，千祈要用低波行呀。粵
You must engage low gears when you drive as these mountain roads are very uneven.

跟住個報廢及消帳手續去做就啱㗎喇粵
Follow the condemnation and write-off procedures and you can't go wrong.

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