哇啦

wālā

interjection #31,921

Meanings

1 (onomatopoeia) hubbub of voices, jabbering
2 blah blah
3 loud chattering noise

Characters

wow (interjection)

particle/exclamation

Examples

HSK 3

外面哇啦哇啦的，吵得我睡不着。

Wàimiàn wālā wālā de, chǎo de wǒ shuì bu zháo.

There's such a racket of voices outside that I can't sleep.

HSK 5

他们叽里哇啦地说个不停。

Tāmen jīlǐwālā de shuō ge bùtíng.

They jabbered on without stopping.

Tips

usage

Onomatopoeic, almost always reduplicated as 哇啦哇啦 or appearing in 叽里哇啦 (jīlǐwālā) - the standard Chinese expression for the sound of unintelligible foreign chatter or excited talking. Often slightly dismissive ('they were going on and on').

Stroke Order

哇 wā

啦 la