垃 (lā) means Trash (garbage). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请别随便扔 垃 圾。
Qǐng bié suíbiàn rēng lājī.
Please do not litter carelessly.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 随便
垃 圾放久了会臭。
Lājī fàng jiǔ le huì chòu.
Rubbish will stink if left too long.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 臭
请把纸扔进 垃 圾桶。
Qǐng bǎ zhǐ rēng jìn lājītǒng.
Please throw the paper into the bin.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 垃圾桶
请把 垃 圾扔进桶里。
Qǐng bǎ lājī rēng jìn tǒng lǐ.
Please throw the rubbish into the bin.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 扔
这里乱扔 垃 圾要罚款。
Zhèlǐ luàn rēng lājī yào fákuǎn.
Littering here carries a fine.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 罚款
请把菜渣倒进 垃 圾桶。
Qǐng bǎ cài zhā dào jìn lājītǒng.
Please tip the food scraps into the bin.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 渣
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Words that contain 垃
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Questions about 垃
How is 垃 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 垃 (lā, "Trash (garbage)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 垃 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 垃 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 垃?
The dictionary page for 垃 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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