# 喇叭 (lǎba)

In Mandarin Chinese, 喇叭 (lǎba) means “horn; loudspeaker; trumpet”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: horn; loudspeaker; trumpet
- Pinyin: lǎba (la3 ba5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 小区里严禁车辆乱按喇叭。
  Xiǎoqū lǐ yánjìn chēliàng luàn àn lǎba.
  Vehicles are strictly forbidden from honking their horns indiscriminately in the residential area.

## Characters

- 喇 (lā): (onom.) sound of wind, rain etc
- 叭 (bā): denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)

https://hanziro.com/word/la-ba-horn/

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