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呼啦

hūlā
interjection #17,385

Meanings

  1. 1 (onomatopoeia) whoosh; swoosh; flapping sound

Characters

呼
hū
to exhale; to call out
啦
lā
sentence-final particle; onomatopoeia

Examples

风呼啦呼啦地吹着。
Fēng hūlā hūlā de chuī zhe.
The wind was blowing with a whooshing sound.
旗子被风吹得呼啦作响。
Qízi bèi fēng chuī de hūlā zuòxiǎng.
The flag flapped noisily in the wind.

Tips

usage
呼啦 is often reduplicated as 呼啦呼啦 to imitate continuous flapping or whooshing. It also appears in 呼啦圈 (hūlāquān, hula hoop), a loanword adaptation.

Stroke Order

呼 hū
啦 la

Related Words

呼呼 hūhū #14,913
(onom.) sound of wind blowing / (onom.) sound of heavy breathing or snoring
欢呼 huānhū HSK 7 #3,323
to cheer / to hail / to acclaim
呼叫 hūjiào #2,779
to call / to hail / to page
呼 hū #2,773
to call; to shout; to cry out / to breathe out; to exhale
呼吸 hūxī HSK 4 #1,195
to breathe; breathing / respiration
打招呼 dǎzhāohu HSK 7 #5,296
to greet / to say hello / to give a heads-up
啦啦队 lālāduì HSK 7 #3,809
cheerleading squad / cheering squad
深呼吸 shēnhūxī #3,675
to breathe deeply / to take a deep breath
称呼 chēnghu HSK 7 #3,111
to call / to address as / form of address / title
招呼 zhāohu HSK 4 #2,687
to greet / to call out to / to take care of
呼啦 hūlā
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