Chinese–EnglishWith examples
啦
lā · la/la
Same in simplified and traditional Chinese
Meaning
CC-CEDICTlā 啦
- (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc
- (phonetic)
- (dialect) to chat
la 啦
- sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation
- particle placed after each item in a list of examples
In a sentence
2 examples01
原来他们前天去电影院啦。
It turns out that they went to the cinema the day before yesterday.
Tatoeba: Chinese by cranewang · English by cranewang · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
02
明天就要考试啦，大家准备好了没呀？
Tomorrow is the exam. Are you all prepared?
Tatoeba: Chinese by ColawithIce · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
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