la HSK6

final particle of assertion

la frequency
exclamation modal particle
sentence-final particle acting as a contraction of le and a, indicating exclamation or a change of state

tài hǎo la!

That's great!

list particle modal particle
particle placed after each item in a list of examples to indicate items of a similar nature

Books, newspapers, and such were scattered all over the floor.

chat verb
a dialectal term meaning to chat or converse

Everyone sat around the tree chatting about daily life.

onomatopoeia onomatopoeia
the sound of singing, cheering, or other rhythmic vocalizations

La la la, the children were singing happily.

phonetic onomatopoeia
used in the phonetic transcription of foreign names and loanwords

The character 'la' in 'Manila' is pronounced in the first tone at the end of the word.

Frequency

Character
Written text
1,194th most common 115.1 per million
Movie subtitles
472nd most common 310.8 per million appears in 53% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
398.5 per million appears in 52% of films
Written text
441.2 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5566

Sources