<h1>Definition</h1>

<p>According to yabla, 'Io' is a valid pinyin.
Quoting yabla:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>咯 
  luò</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>to cough up</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>咯 
    lo</p>
    
    <hr>
    
    <p>(final particle similar to 了, indicating that sth is obvious)</p>
    
    <hr>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>咯 
  gē</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>(phonetic)</p>
</blockquote>

<h1>Usage</h1>

<p>Example Usage just for that middle one(from yabla):</p>

<p><strong>哟呵呵呵我们回来咯回来了回来了</strong></p>

<p><strong>yohēhēāwǒmenhuílailohuílailehuílaile</strong></p>

<p>English:
Ha ha ha ha! We are back. -You are back. You are back.</p>

<h1>Sidenotes</h1>

<p>A pinyin table from allsetlearning:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/PWZVY.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/PWZVY.png" alt="pinyin table"></a></p>

<p>That proves to me that lo is a valid pinyin.</p>

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2019-07-27T19:38:03.917Z
Come to think of it, the Wikipedia table is also missing *o*, which is a pretty big omission.
mic
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2019-07-27T23:02:20.007Z
@MiCl no it isn’t, *o* is the very first row/column entry. ø- (first row) is a None initial, so *øo* is *o*.
dROOOze
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2019-07-27T23:30:25.240Z
@droooze oh yeah, I edited the Wikipedia article after I posted that comment to add an -o row, so now it has *o* and *lo*
mic
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2019-07-27T23:35:28.327Z
@MiCl oh you just added that? my bad...
dROOOze
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2019-07-27T10:28:15.503Z
2019-07-27T10:28:15.503Z
Song
<p><a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&amp;wdrst=0&amp;wdqb=%E5%92%AF" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MDBG</a> and <a href="https://dict.baidu.com/s?wd=%E5%92%AF" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Baidu</a> provide a pronunciation of 咯 (as in the sentence-final particle indicating that something is obvious) as lo5. "lo" isn't listed on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin_table" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia's pinyin table</a>, and I thought only bo/po/mo/fo could drop the <em>u</em> from <em>-uo</em>. Is this the standard pinyin? Is "lo" pronounced the same as "luo"?</p>

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2019-07-27T10:28:01.707Z
有四种读法：gē、kǎ、luò、lo
cauckf
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2020-02-09T20:02:51.257Z
I think the final particle "lo" is probably not native Mandarin, and is probably borrowed from 囉 in Cantonese or other southern Chinese languages.
user102008
<pinyin>
Is lo (咯) valid pinyin?
# Is lo (咯) valid pinyin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-07-26)

[MDBG](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E5%92%AF) and [Baidu](https://dict.baidu.com/s?wd=%E5%92%AF) provide a pronunciation of 咯 (as in the sentence-final particle indicating that something is obvious) as lo5. "lo" isn't listed on [Wikipedia's pinyin table](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin_table), and I thought only bo/po/mo/fo could drop the *u* from *-uo*. Is this the standard pinyin? Is "lo" pronounced the same as "luo"?

**Tags:** pinyin

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 有四种读法：gē、kǎ、luò、lo  
> **username_2**: I think the final particle "lo" is probably not native Mandarin, and is probably borrowed from 囉 in Cantonese or other southern Chinese languages.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-07-27. Score: 2

# Definition

According to yabla, 'Io' is a valid pinyin.
Quoting yabla:

> 咯
> luò
>
> ---
>
> to cough up
>
> ---
>
> > 咯
> > lo
> >
> > ---
> >
> > (final particle similar to 了, indicating that sth is obvious)
> >
> > ---
>
> 咯
> gē
>
> ---
>
> (phonetic)

# Usage

Example Usage just for that middle one(from yabla):

**哟呵呵呵我们回来咯回来了回来了**

**yohēhēāwǒmenhuílailohuílailehuílaile**

English:
Ha ha ha ha! We are back. -You are back. You are back.

# Sidenotes

A pinyin table from allsetlearning:

[![pinyin table](https://i.sstatic.net/PWZVY.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/PWZVY.png)

That proves to me that lo is a valid pinyin.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Come to think of it, the Wikipedia table is also missing *o*, which is a pretty big omission.  
> **username_4**: @MiCl no it isn’t, *o* is the very first row/column entry. ø- (first row) is a None initial, so *øo* is *o*.  
> **username_0**: @username_4 oh yeah, I edited the Wikipedia article after I posted that comment to add an -o row, so now it has *o* and *lo*  
> **username_4**: @MiCl oh you just added that? my bad...  

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