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了 (Trad.: 瞭)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 1
Total strokes: 2; Radical: 亅
Pictographic:A child swaddled in blanklets; compare 子
Character Formation:
Similar Characters: 亍 丁 于 予 子
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1
Pinyin: le
English Definition:(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
Chinese Definition:
①表示肯定语气。［合］明天又是星期六了；要过新年了，人们都很高兴。
②表示促进或劝止。［合］快躲了；别吵了！闪开了！
③表示感叹语气。［例］好了！别闹了！
④另见liǎo。
Example Words:
为了HSK 3 wèi le in order to; for the purpose of; so as to
除了HSK 3 chú le besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for)
得了 dé le all right!; that's enough!
算了 suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it
罢了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
More:了* | *了 | *了*
2
Pinyin: liǎo
English Definition:(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly; to finish; to achieve; variant of 了 ; to understand clearly
Chinese Definition:
①明白，知道：明了。一目了然。
②完结，结束：完了。了结。
③在动词后，与“不”、“得”连用，表示可能或不可能：看不了。办得了。
④与“得”、“不得”前后连用，表示异乎寻常或情况严重：那还了得！
⑤了。
⑥放在动词或形容词后，表示动作或变化已经完成：写完了。
⑦助词，用在句子末尾或句中停顿的地方，表示变化，表示出现新的情况：刮风了。
Example Words:
了解HSK 3 liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out
了解HSK 3 liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out
了不起HSK 5 liǎo bu qǐ amazing; terrific; extraordinary
受不了HSK 4 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand
不得了HSK 5 bù dé liǎo desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly
More:了* | *了 | *了*
Example Sentences
1
tā
他
lái le
来了
。
He came.
2
wǒ
我
qǐ chuáng
起床
le
了
。
I got up.
3
wǒ
我
huí jiā
回家
le
了
。
I'm going home.
4
tā
她
shuāi dǎo
摔倒
le
了
。
She fell down.
5
wǒ
我
míng bai
明白
le
了
。
I understand.
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