la 
		sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation
particle placed after each item in a list of examples
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pō la 
		shrewish
pungent
forceful
bold and vigorous
		 
		
		
														
		
		
					
				
		
			Chéng guān qū 
		Chengguan district of Lhasa city 拉薩市|拉萨市[Lā sà shì], Tibetan: Lha sa khrin kon chus, Tibet
Chengguan district of Lanzhou city 蘭州市|兰州市[Lán zhōu shì], Gansu
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Sā lā 
		Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dà shā mò 
		great desert (e.g. the Taklamakan 塔克拉瑪干|塔克拉玛干[Tǎ kè lā mǎ gàn] or Sahara 撒哈拉[Sā hā lā])
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gā la 
		(onom.) rumbling
rattling
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gá la 
		to quarrel (Northeastern Mandarin)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hā la 
		rancid
to kill
to slaughter
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pī li pā la 
		variant of 批哩啪啦[pī li pā la]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pī li pā la 
		variant of 批哩啪啦[pī li pā la]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tā la 
		to shuffle along (while walking)
to be deliberately slow (in doing sth)
slippers
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pī li pā la 
		to crackle (of firecrackers etc) (onomatopoeia)
to splutter