哗啦 (huá la) — (colloquial verb) to collapse, to fall down with a crash

Definition

Onomatopoeic verb (huá la) — something falls or collapses noisily. The 'crash' sound is built into the word itself, so pair it with a result like 下来, 倒, or 塌 to show the falling action.

verb
(colloquial verb) to collapseto fall down with a crash

Examples

  • 哗啦。
    Nà dǔ qiáng huá la le.
    That wall collapsed.
  • 哗啦。
    Shū jià shàng de shū quán huá la xià lái le.
    All the books on the shelf came crashing down.
  • 哗啦。
    Yí zhèn dà fēng bǎ zhàng peng chuī huá la le.
    A gust of wind blew the tent down with a crash.

Origin

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
拉
拉lā啦la
Same sound today

啦 pairs 口 (mouth) with 拉, which gives the pronunciation lā. The 口 part points to the mouth.

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