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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīlǐhuālā

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīlǐhuālā
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄚ
  - 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

(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.
(informal, ideophonic) Describes an embarrassing, crushed or defeated situation.

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