了
le
HSK 13 readings
Other characters with the syllable le: see all 2 →
Meaning
- (completed action marker)
- (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
- (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
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- to finish
- (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget")
- to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3])
- (of eyes) bright
- clear-sighted
- to understand clearly
- unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
- (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
Example
Readings
- le(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
- liǎoto finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了) / (of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
Stroke Order
2 strokes
Words containing 了
除了chúleapart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")HSK 3为了wèilefor; for the purpose of; in order toHSK 3了解liǎojiěto understandHSK 4了不起liǎobuqǐamazingHSK 4受不了shòubuliǎounbearableHSK 4得了déleall right!HSK 5完了wánleto be finishedHSK 5不得了bùdéliǎodesperately seriousHSK 5
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