囉

See also: 啰

囉	U+56C9, 囉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56C9

← 囈
[U+56C8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

囊 →
[U+56CA]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

囉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 口田中土 (RWLG), four-corner 6601₄, composition ⿰口羅)

exclamatory final particle
to nag

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: page 215, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4631
Dae Jaweon: page 438, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 708, character 4
Unihan data for U+56C9

ChineseEdit

trad.		囉
simp.		啰
alternative forms		罗 former simp. (1964–86)

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (羅) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
羅	*raːl
蘿	*raːl
籮	*raːl
儸	*raːl
饠	*raːl
欏	raːl, raːlʔ
囉	*raːl
鑼	*raːl
邏	raːl, raːls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raːl): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 羅 (OC *raːl).

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luō, luó, luo (luo¹, luo², luo⁵)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛ, ㄌㄨㄛˊ, ˙ㄌㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴, lo¹, lo³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lô
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lo / lô / lō / --looh / --loh

(Teochew, Peng'im): lo⁵
Xiang (Wiktionary): lo

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: luō
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhuo
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luo
  - Wade–Giles: lo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: luó
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luó
  - Wade–Giles: lo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: luo
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄨㄛ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .luo
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luo̊
  - Wade–Giles: lo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwɔ/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lo⁴, lo¹, lo³
  - Yale: lòh, lō, lo
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴, lo¹, lo³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴, lo¹, lo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹/, /lɔː⁵⁵/, /lɔː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lô
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo¹
  - Sinological IPA: /lo²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo
  - Tâi-lô: lo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lo³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô
  - Tâi-lô: lô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: looi
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lo²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō
  - Tâi-lô: lō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --looh
  - Tâi-lô: --looh
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --loh
  - Tâi-lô: --loh
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lo⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo/

Middle Chinese: /lɑ/

Rime
Character	囉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯何切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/la/
Li Rong	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/lɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lo⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	囉
Reading #	1/1
No.	8682
Phonetic component	羅
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	羅
Old Chinese	/*raːl/

DefinitionsEdit

囉

annoying; noisy
to nag; to argue; to prattle; to chatter
Sentence-final particle expressing affirmation

CompoundsEdit

哱囉／哱啰 (bōluó)
喝囉／喝啰
嘍囉／喽啰 (lóuluó)
囉哩囉嗦／啰哩啰嗦 (luōliluōsuō)
囉唆／啰唆
囉唕／啰唕

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

Cantonese (Jyutping): lo¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lo¹
  - Yale: lō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː⁵⁵/

DefinitionsEdit

囉 (Cantonese)

Normally used with 咪 (mai⁶); indicates that a suggestion or conclusion should be obvious.
我冇車咪返唔到屋企囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我冇车咪返唔到屋企啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo⁵ mou⁵ ce¹ mai¹ faan¹ m⁴ dou³ uk¹ kei⁵ lo¹. [Jyutping]
Of course I'm unable to go home without a car.
Normally used with 咪 (mai⁶); connects a condition to a result or suggestion.
你想睇戲咪買飛囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
你想睇戏咪买飞啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ soeng² tai² hei³ mai¹ maai⁵ fei¹ lo¹. [Jyutping]
If you want to watch a movie, then buy your tickets.
Statement-final particle used to express impatience or vexation.
啲車行得勁快囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
啲车行得劲快啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]
di¹ ce¹ haang⁴ dak¹ ging³ faai³ lo¹. [Jyutping]
Those cars are moving so quickly!
Statement-final particle used to invite agreement or sympathy.
唉我唔知點算好囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
唉我唔知点算好啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]
aai¹ ngo⁵ m⁴ zi¹ dim² syun³ hou² lo¹. [Jyutping]
Sigh. I don't know what to do.

DescendantsEdit

→ English: lor

ReferencesEdit

“囉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“Entry #13224”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Kam Cheong Chiu (2017), “Exploring the Role of Utterance-Final Particle lō in Turn Allocation in Cantonese Conversation”, in NACCL‎^[2], volume 1, issue 29

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

囉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

Go-on: ら (ra)
Kan-on: ら (ra)
Kun: こえ (koe, 囉)^{←こゑ (kowe, historical)}

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

囉 • (ra) (hangeul 라, revised ra, McCune–Reischauer ra)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

囉: Hán Nôm readings: la, ra

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