喽

嘍
lou
particle #2,950

Meanings

  1. 1 sentence-final particle (colloquial variant of 了)
  2. 2 marks a change of state or completed action

Examples

HSK 1
Chīfàn lou!
Time to eat!
HSK 1
Xiàkè lou!
Class is over!
HSK 2
走喽!
Zǒu lou!
Let's go!

Tips

register
喽 is a cheerful spoken variant of 了 used to announce or call attention to something. Very informal, avoid in writing. There is also a toned reading lóu, bound to 喽罗 (a gang's underlings or minions), the only common word that uses it.
grammar
喽 is always sentence-final and carries a light, upbeat tone. It softens commands and makes announcements sound friendly.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
Left mouth radical, the indexing component. Marks 喽 as something spoken, fitting its role as a sentence-final particle. Same radical in other speech-particles like 吗, 呢, 啦.
phonetic
娄 lóu
Lou (surname); here phonetic
Right 娄 supplies the sound; the toneless lou is a colloquial weakening of lóu. This is the simplified form of the right side in traditional 嘍, a pure phonetic shell for the particle reading.

Stroke Order

喽 lou