嘎啦

gāla
  1. (onom.) rumbling
  2. rattling

CEDICT

onomatopoeic

Homographs

嘎啦 gála to quarrel (Northeastern Mandarin)

Entry Composition

1 嘎 gā (onom.) short but loud sound
2 啦 la
  1. sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation
  2. particle placed after each item in a list of examples