囉

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

1. exclamatory final particle
2. to nag

• 𮟩

• 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

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

囉

1. annoying; noisy
2. to nag; to argue; to prattle; to chatter
3. Sentence-final particle expressing affirmation

囉 (Cantonese)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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!

4. 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.

• → English: lor

囉

1. (Cantonese) buttocks (Classifier: 個／个 c)

Borrowed from English gross.

囉

1. (Cantonese) gross (twelve dozen, 144)
   • 2016 June 9, “特稿：睹港玩具集郵品 特首憶穿膠花”, in Wen Wei Po‎, page A8:

     梁振英憶述，當年塑膠花的工錢以「囉」（gross）計，一「囉」是144支，12支一紥，12紥為一「囉」 […]

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• “囉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 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, volume 1, issue 29

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

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

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囉: Hán Nôm readings: la, ra

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