Hula hoop in Chinese (Mandarin): 呼啦圈 (hūlāquān)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 呼啦圈

• 呼

  To breathe out; a sound. 口 (mouth) is on the left.

  8 strokes

• 啦

  A sound word.

  11 strokes

• 圈

  A circle, a ring.

  11 strokes

呼啦 copies the "hula" sound, and 圈 means circle. In Taiwan it is written 呼拉圈. You 转 (zhuàn, spin) or 摇 (yáo, swing) it.

More examples with 呼啦圈

• 我能转呼啦圈转很久。

  我能轉呼啦圈轉很久。

  Wǒ néng zhuàn hūlāquān zhuàn hěn jiǔ.

  I can spin a hula hoop for a long time.

• 呼啦圈掉到地上了。

  Hūlāquān diào dào dì shang le.

  The hula hoop fell to the ground.

How to write 呼啦圈 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.