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

Zǒu lou!
Let's go!
Chīfàn lou!
Time to eat!
Xiàkè lou!
Class is over!

Tips

register
is a cheerful spoken variant of 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
is always sentence-final and carries a light, upbeat tone. It softens commands and makes announcements sound friendly.

Components

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

Stroke Order

lou