bā​lā​bā​lā

blah-blah

ba emphatic final particle

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
ba, bā to wish

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpraː
pʰraː

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

la, lā final particle of assertion

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
lā, la pull

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode