喇叭

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (喇叭)		喇	叭
simp. ^#(喇叭)		喇	叭

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ (labai, “sea shell; conch; conch trumpet”), in turn borrowed from Early Mandarin 螺貝 (MC lwa pajH, “shell; conch; conch trumpet”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lǎba, lǎbā

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ, ㄌㄚˇ ㄅㄚ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лаба (laba, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): laa³ baa¹
Gan (Wiktionary): la⁵ ba
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): la̍p-pá

(Meixian, Guangdong): la² ba⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): lā-pá
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): la-pa / lá-pah / lah-pah / là-pa / la-pah / lat-pah

(Teochew, Peng'im): la¹ ba⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸laq-paq; ⁸laq-pa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎba
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎbå
  - Wade–Giles: la³-pa⁵
  - Yale: lǎ-ba
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa.ba
  - Palladius: лаба (laba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, literary or regional variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎbā
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ ㄅㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎba
  - Wade–Giles: la³-pa¹
  - Yale: lǎ-bā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laaba
  - Palladius: лаба (laba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лаба (laba, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /la⁵¹ pa²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laa³ baa¹
  - Yale: la bā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laa³ baa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: la³ ba¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laː³³ paː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: la⁵ ba
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /la¹¹ pa¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: la̍p-pá
  - Hakka Romanization System: lab ba^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lab⁶ ba³
  - Sinological IPA: /lap̚⁵ pa³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: la² ba⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /la¹¹ pa⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lā-pá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃a³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(pʰ-)βɑ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, rare in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la-pa
  - Tâi-lô: la-pa
  - Phofsit Daibuun: la'paf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /la⁴⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /la³³ pa³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /la⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lá-pah
  - Tâi-lô: lá-pah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lafpaq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /la⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ paʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /la⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lah-pah
  - Tâi-lô: lah-pah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lahpaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /la(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ paʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: là-pa
  - Tâi-lô: là-pa
  - Phofsit Daibuun: larpaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /la²¹⁻⁴¹ pa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /la¹¹⁻⁵³ pa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la-pah
  - Tâi-lô: la-pah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: la'paq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /la⁴⁴⁻³³ paʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lat-pah
  - Tâi-lô: lat-pah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: latpaq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lat̚³²⁻⁴ paʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: la¹ ba⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la pâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /la³³⁻²³ pa⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸laq-paq; ⁸laq-pa
  - MiniDict: lah^入 pah; lah^入 pa
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵laq-paq; ⁵laq-pa
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /laʔ¹¹ paʔ²³/, /laʔ¹¹ pa²³/

Noun

喇叭

(music) horn; trumpet
(regional, music) suona
Alternative name for 揚聲器／扬声器 (yángshēngqì, “loudspeaker; speaker; amplifier”).
(in automobiles etc.) horn
(figurative) gossiper; one who disseminates information unrestrainedly

Usage notes

This is also used as a generic term to describe anything that has a horn or trumpet-like conical shape.

Synonyms

(horn): (Hokkien) 咹咹

Dialectal synonyms of 嗩吶 (“suona (musical instrument)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嗩吶
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嗩吶, 鼻兒
	Taiwan	嗩吶
	Singapore	嗩吶
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	樂人
	Xi'an	嗩吶
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	嗩吶子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	撒拉子, 哩哩吶
	Guiyang	嗩吶
	Liuzhou	咪嗎, 嗩吶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啲咑, 哬哚
	Hong Kong	啲咑, 嗩吶
	Dongguan	啲咑
	Yangjiang	啲咑
Gan	Lichuan	吹打, 嗩吶
Gan	Pingxiang	喇叭
Hakka	Yudu	喇叭
	Shicheng	哈噠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	吹打
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	笛仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	笛仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	吹笛
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	笛仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	笛仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	笛仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	笛, 啲咑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	笛仔, 笛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嗒嘀
Huizhou	Jixi	大親
Jin	Taiyuan (Jinyuan)	咪咪
Jin	Xinzhou	三號
Northern Min	Jian'ou	啲嗒仔 soprano, 喇叭 alto or bass
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𫪦咑
Southern Min	Xiamen	噯仔
	Quanzhou	噯仔
	Zhangzhou	嗒知嘟
	Taipei	鼓吹
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鼓吹
	Kaohsiung	鼓吹
	Yilan	鼓吹
	Changhua (Lukang)	鼓吹
	Taichung	鼓吹
	Tainan	鼓吹
	Hsinchu	鼓吹
	Kinmen	鼓吹
	Penghu (Magong)	鼓吹
	Chaozhou	啲咑
	Shantou	啲咑
	Jieyang	啲咑
	Puning	啲咑
	Haifeng	鼓手
	Leizhou	笛
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	哬哚
Wu	Shanghai	嗩吶

(gossiper): 話筒／话筒 (huàtǒng), 傳聲筒／传声筒 (chuánshēngtǒng), 長舌／长舌 (chángshé); (Cantonese) 是非鬼

Derived terms

吹喇叭 (chuī lǎba)
喇叭口兒 / 喇叭口儿
喇叭手
喇叭筒
喇叭花 (lǎbahuā)
喇叭蟲 / 喇叭虫
喇叭裙 (lǎbaqún)
喇叭褲 / 喇叭裤 (lǎbakù)
喇喇叭叭
大喇叭 (dàlǎba)
小喇叭 (xiǎolǎbā)
琉璃喇叭
環繞喇叭 / 环绕喇叭
窗兒眼吹喇叭 / 窗儿眼吹喇叭
隔著窗戶吹喇叭 / 隔著窗户吹喇叭

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (喇叭):

→ Japanese: 喇(らっ)叭(ぱ) (rappa)
→ Korean: 나발(喇叭) (nabal)

Others:

→ Dongxiang: laba
→ Manchu: ᠯᠠᠪᠠ (laba)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喇	叭
らつ > らっ Hyōgai	は > ぱ Hyōgai
kan'on	tōon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らっぱ [ràppá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠p̚pa̠]

Noun

喇(らっ)叭(ぱ) • (rappa)

trumpet
bugle
short for 喇叭飲み (rappa-nomi, “drinking directly from the bottle”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
喇	叭

Noun

喇叭 • (nabal) (hangeul 나발)

hanja form^? of 나발 (“nabal”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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