巴啦
Chinese
(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure) |
(an auxiliary word performing the grammatical functions of mood); fusion of le + a; (onomat.) (an auxiliary word performing the grammatical functions of mood); fusion of le + a; (onomat.); phonetic | ||
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| simp. and trad. (巴啦) |
巴 | 啦 | |
| alternative forms | 巴拉 吧啦 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bālā
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bala
- Wade–Giles: pa1-la1
- Yale: bā-lā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: balha
- Palladius: бала (bala)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Interjection
巴啦
- blah (imitative of meaningless talk)
Usage notes
Usually repeated: 巴啦巴啦 (bālā bālā).