la
/lɑ:/
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- Mule: The offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
- A (musical note): The sixth note in the fixed-do solfège system, corresponding to 'A' in English.
Verb:
- To shout; to yell; to cry out: To utter a loud, sharp vocal sound, often due to strong emotion such as anger, pain, or surprise.
- To scold; to reprimand: To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Con la rất khỏe và chịu đựng tốt. (The mule is very strong and hardy.)
- Nốt tiếp theo trong bài hát là nốt la. (The next note in the song is an A.)
Verb:
- Đừng la, tôi nghe rõ mà! (Don't shout, I can hear you perfectly!)
- Cô giáo la học sinh vì nói chuyện trong lớp. (The teacher scolded the student for talking in class.)
Advanced Usage
"la lên": to cry out, to exclaim (often suddenly).
- Anh ấy la lên khi nhìn thấy con rắn. (He cried out when he saw the snake.)
"la làng": (idiomatic) to cry for help from the village; to make a public outcry or complaint.
- Chỉ mất một con gà, bà ấy đã la làng lên. (She made a huge fuss over just losing one chicken.)
Variants and Related Words
La hét (v): to scream, to shriek (more intense than "la").
- Bọn trẻ la hét ngoài sân chơi. (The children were screaming in the playground.)
La ó (v): to boo, to protest loudly.
- Khán giả la ó cầu thủ phạm lỗi. (The spectators booed the player who fouled.)
Synonyms
- Shout/Yell: to raise one's voice loudly.
- Scold: to reprimand or criticize angrily.
- Mule: a hybrid equine animal.
Related Idioms
Cành la cành bổng: (descriptive idiom) Refers to things at varying heights, some low ("la") and some high ("bổng").
- Khu rừng cành la cành bổng. (The forest has branches high and low.)
La đá, đá la: (reduplicative) To argue back and forth, to bicker noisily.
- Hai người họ cứ la đá, đá la cả buổi. (The two of them bickered back and forth all afternoon.)
noun
- la trưởng a major
verb
- to cry; to shout
- la lớnto cry aloud. to scold; to reprimand