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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lā | la1
English translation
(onom.) sound of wind, rain etc
(phonetic)
horn, bugle; llama; final particle

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口剌

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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所有 suǒyǒu 喇叭 lǎba dōu jiē zài 单一 dān yī de 扩音器 kuò yīn qì shǎng .

All the speakers hook up to a single amplifier.

yǒu 许多 xǔduō rén xià Chē 伊始 yī shǐ ”, jiù 哇喇 de 议论 yìlùn .

There are many people who " the moment they alight from the official carriage " make a hullabaloo.

喇叭 lǎba jiào zhāo 他们 tā men de 名字 míngzi

Their names were called over the loudspeaker .

负责 fùzé 选举 xuǎnjǔ de 官员 guān yuán men 已经 yǐjīng 临时 línshí Ān le 几个 jǐ ge 喇叭 lǎba ràng 投票者 tóu piào zhě 可以 kěyǐ 同时 tóngshí 享受 xiǎngshòu 音乐 yīnyuè

Election officials have rigged up speakers to provide voters with music.

Wēi Zhōng Kuān yòu Huǒ le 起来 qǐlai

Flares, loons and bell-bottoms are back.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
喇叭 lǎba loudspeaker喇叭 lǎba
(phonetic)
喇嘛 lǎ ma lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism喇嘛 lǎ ma
达赖喇嘛 Dá lài Lǎ ma Dalai Lama達賴喇嘛
喇叭裤 lǎ ba kù flared trousers喇叭褲
哈喇子 hā lá zi (dialect) saliva哈喇子 hā lá zi
喇叭花 lǎ ba huā morning glory喇叭花 lǎ ba huā
吹喇叭 chuī lǎ ba (fig.) to praise sb吹喇叭 chuī lǎ ba
喇嘛教 Lǎ ma jiào Lamaism喇嘛教 Lǎ ma jiào
喀喇昆仑山 Kā lǎ kūn lún Shān Karakorum mountain range in west Xinjiang喀喇崑崙山
喀喇沁旗 Kā lǎ qìn qí Harqin banner or Kharchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰 Chì fēng [Chì​fēng], Inner Mongolia喀喇沁旗 Kā lǎ qìn qí
喀喇昆仑山脉 Kā lǎ kūn lún Shān mài Karakorum mountain range in west Xinjiang喀喇崑崙山脈
班禅喇嘛 Bān chán Lǎ ma Panchen Lama班禪喇嘛
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 Cháo yáng , Liaoning喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治縣

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Decomposition

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