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喇

lǎ

HSK 6 Character

What 喇 means

1. (phonetic)

Other readings

喇 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lāsound of wind, rain etc

Example sentences

• 仲有五日就放暑假喇。
  Zhòng yǒu wǔ rì jiù fàng shǔjià lā.
  We have five days to go before the summer vacation.
• 火车在快到交叉路口的时候减速、按喇叭。
  Huǒchē zài kuài dào jiāochā lùkǒu de shíhou jiǎnsù, àn lǎba.
  The train slowed and blared its horn as it approached the railway crossing.
• 我敢打赌，在Tom Waits发掘它当幕后支援前你从来没有听说过斯特罗小提琴！无论如何，1920年代末前它采用了一个大型金属喇叭谐振器来代替木制音箱，以便它可以更好地被录音设备收音。
  Wǒ gǎn dǎdǔ, zài T om Waits fājué tā dāng mùhòu zhīyuán qián nǐ cóngláiméiyǒu tīngshuō guo sī tè luó xiǎotíqín! wúlùnrúhé,1920 niándài mò qián tā cǎiyòng le yī gè dàxíng jīnshǔ lǎba xiézhèn qì lái dàitì mùzhì yīnxiāng, yǐbiàn tā kěyǐ gèng hǎo de bèi lùyīn shèbèi shōuyīn.
  I bet you'd never heard of a Stroh violin before Tom Waits dug it back up! Anyway, it used a large metal horn as its resonator instead of a wooden box so it could be picked up better by recording equipment before the late 1920s.

Words starting with 喇

• 喇叭lǎ bahorn (automobile etc); loudspeaker; brass wind instrument
• 喇嘛lǎ malama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
• 喇合Lǎ hé(Protestantism) Rahab, mother of Boaz
• 喇舌lǎ jī(Taiwan) French kissing; to waggle one's tongue around…
• 喇赛lā sài(Taiwan; slang) to chat idly; to gossip (from Taiwanese 抐屎, Tai-lo pr. [lā-sái])
• 喇嘛庙lǎ ma miàolamasery; temple of Tibetan Buddhism
• 喇嘛教Lǎ ma jiàoLamaism; Tibetan Buddhism
• 喇叭形lǎ ba xíngflared; funnel-shape; trumpet-shape
• 喇叭花lǎ ba huāmorning glory
• 喇叭裙lǎ ba qúnflared skirt
• 喇叭裤lǎ ba kùflared trousers; bell-bottomed pants
• 喇叭水仙lā bā shuǐ xiāndaffodil
• 喇沙lǎ shālaksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia

Words containing 喇

• 达赖喇嘛Dá lài Lǎ maDalai Lama
• 高音喇叭gāo yīn lǎ batweeter
• 哈喇hā larancid; to kill; to slaughter
• 哈喇子hā lá zi(dialect) saliva
• 喀喇昆仑山Kā lǎ kūn lún ShānKarakorum mountain range in west Xinjiang
• 喀喇昆仑公路Kā lǎ kūn lún Gōng lùKarakorum Highway, linking Pakistan and Xinjiang
• 喀喇昆仑山脉Kā lǎ kūn lún Shān màiKarakorum mountain range in west Xinjiang
• 班禅喇嘛Bān chán Lǎ maPanchen Lama
• 吹喇叭chuī lǎ ba(lit.) blowing the trumpet; (fig.) to praise sb; (slang) to give a blowjob
• 伸缩喇叭shēn suō lǎ batrombone
• 低音喇叭dī yīn lǎ bawoofer
• 喀喇沁Kā lǎ qìnHarqin (Mongol: guard); Harqin banner or Kharchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰…
• 喀喇沁旗Kā lǎ qìn qíHarqin banner or Kharchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰
• 噶喇gá lǎ(onomatopoeia); same as 噶拉
• 灰不喇唧huī bù lǎ jīdull gray; gray and loathsome
• 唿喇hū lǎwhoosh
• 唿喇喇hū là làroar of the wind
• 喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治县Kā lǎ qìn Zuǒ yì Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiànHarqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝阳

Characters that look like 喇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 湖húlake
• 嘅gěpossessive particle (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 的
• 蜗wōsnail; Taiwan pr. guā; see 蜗牛
• 粥zhōucongee; gruel; porridge
• 惭cánashamed
• 唰shuā(onomatopoeia) swishing; rustling