呼啦

hūlā

interjection #17,385

Meanings

1 whoosh; swoosh; flapping sound

Characters

to exhale; to call out

sentence-final particle; onomatopoeia

Examples

HSK 3

风呼啦呼啦地吹着。

Fēng hūlā hūlā de chuī zhe.

The wind was blowing with a whooshing sound.

HSK 7-9

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 (hula hoop), a loanword adaptation.

Stroke Order

呼 hū

啦 la