稀里嘩啦

Chinese

		diluted; sparse	li, a Chinese unit of length	cat-calling sound; clamour; noise cat-calling sound; clamour; noise; crashing sound	(an auxiliary word performing the grammatical functions of mood); fusion of le + a; (onomat.) (an auxiliary word performing the grammatical functions of mood); fusion of le + a; (onomat.); phonetic
trad. (稀里嘩啦)		稀	里	嘩	啦
simp. (稀里哗啦)		稀	里	哗	啦
alternative forms		唏哩嘩啦／唏哩哗啦 唏里嘩啦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīlihuālā, xīlǐhuālā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄚ, ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīlihuālā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sili̊huala
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-li⁵-hua¹-la¹
    • Yale: syī-li-hwā-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi.lihualha
    • Palladius: силихуала (silixuala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ li² xu̯ä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīlǐhuālā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: silǐhuala
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-li³-hua¹-la¹
    • Yale: syī-lǐ-hwā-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiliihualha
    • Palladius: силихуала (silixuala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/

Adjective

稀里嘩啦

1. (informal, ideophonic, onomatopoeia) Describes certain rattling or clattering sounds, such as an object falling (and breaking into pieces), a building collapsing, rain falling, or someone crying or weeping uncontrollably.
2. (informal, ideophonic) Describes an embarrassing, crushed or defeated situation.