喇 (lǎ): used in 喇叭 (trumpet, horn), (onom.) sound of wind, rain etc
喇 (lǎ) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 喇叭 (trumpet.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 剌 (phonetic). It ranks #2547 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 喇 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- used in 喇叭 (trumpet
- horn)
- (onom.) sound of wind, rain etc
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喇叭noun | lǎ ba | horn (automobile etc) |
| 达赖喇嘛noun | dá lài lǎ ma | Dalai Lama |
| 喇嘛noun | lǎ ma | lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism |
| 喇叭裤noun | lǎ ba kù | flared trousers |
| 哈喇子noun | hā lá zi | (dialect) saliva |
| 喇叭花noun | lǎ ba huā | morning glory |
| 喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治县 | kā lǎ qìn zuǒ yì měng gǔ zú zì zhì xiàn | Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning |
| 喇嘛教proper-noun | lǎ ma jiào | Lamaism |
| 喇合proper-noun | lǎ hé | (Protestantism) Rahab, mother of Boaz |
| 高音喇叭noun | gāo yīn lǎ ba | tweeter |
| 喀喇昆仑公路noun | kā lǎ kūn lún gōng lù | Karakorum Highway, linking Pakistan and Xinjiang |
| 灰不喇唧 | huī bù lǎ jī | dull gray |
| 低音喇叭noun | dī yīn lǎ ba | woofer |
| 哈喇adjective | hā la | rancid |
| 喇叭水仙noun | lā bā shuǐ xiān | daffodil |
喇 appears in 31 compound words: 42 as the first character, 10 as the last, and 48 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 喇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
妈妈喇嘱我要按时吃饭，注意身体健康。
mā mā lā zhǔ wǒ yāo àn shí chī fàn , zhù yì shēn tī jiàn kāng .
Mom reminded me to eat on time and take care of my health.
第二步是“闻”，霉变食物常带有哈喇味或霉味。
dì èr bù shì wén , méi biàn shí wù cháng dài yǒu hā lā wèi huò méi wèi .
The second step is “smell”; moldy food often has a rancid or musty odor.
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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.
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.
Character Family
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