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啦 (lā / la): [indicates excitement or doubt] — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 啦

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 啦 — animated stroke order

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2.

Readings & Meanings

啦has 2 distinct pronunciations with different meanings

lā
  • [indicates excitement or doubt]
    part.HSK 6
la
3.

Stroke Order Diagrams 啦

啦 stroke order diagram
4.

Character Breakdown

Left-Center-Right
啦
口kǒu · mouth
拉lā
啦=
5.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 啦

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6.

How to Use 啦

Common word with 啦

One common HSK word with 啦 is 啦啦队, meaning "Cheerleading squad".

啦啦队 • lā lā duì • Cheerleading squad • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
7.

Example Sentences

xià下
yǔ雨
la啦
，
kuài快
shōu收
yī

Information

Pinyinlā / la
Meaning[indicates excitement or doubt]
Strokes11
Radical口
Traditional啦
StructureLeft-Center-Right
Frequency#1571
Zhuyinㄌㄚ
UnicodeU+5566
CangjieRQYT
  • sentence-final particle
    part.HSK 3.0 · L6
    • 口kǒu · mouth
    +拉lā
    lā啦
    lā啦
    duì队

    Cheerleading squad

    衣
    fu服
    ！

    It's raining! Hurry and bring in the clothes!

    ō噢
    lā啦
    ，
    wǒ我
    men们
    zǒu走
    ba吧
    。

    Okay, let's go.

    tài太
    hǎo好
    lā啦
    ，
    wǒ我
    men们
    zhōng终
    yú于
    dào到
    lā啦
    ！

    Great, we've finally arrived!

    hǎo好
    lā啦
    ，
    wǒ我
    men们
    kāi开
    shǐ始
    gōng工
    zuò作
    ba吧
    。

    Alright, let's start working.

    shí时
    jiān间
    bù不
    zǎo早
    le了
    ，
    wǒ我
    men们
    zǒu走
    lā啦
    。

    It's getting late, let's go.

    yǔ雨
    lī哩
    li哩
    lā啦
    lā啦
    xià下
    le了
    yī一
    tiān天
    。

    The rain fell sporadically all day.

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