了
le
HSK level: HSK 1
Meaning
(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
Other reading: liǎo
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"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least; (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly
Other reading: liào
unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
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Characters
Examples
太棒了
tài bàng le
Awesome.
春天了
chūn tiān le
It's spring.
我赢了。
wǒ yíng le。
I won!
Words with this character
为了 wèi le for了解 liǎo jiě to understand极了 jí le extremely除了 chú le apart from得了 dé le all right!受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable罢了 bà le a modal particle indicating算了 suàn le let it be完了 wán le to be finished了不起 liǎo bu qǐ amazing大不了 dà bu liǎo at worst不得了 bù dé liǎo desperately serious了结 liǎo jié to settle没完没了 méi wán méi liǎo without end少不了 shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without忘不了 wàng bu liǎo cannot forget一目了然 yī mù liǎo rán obvious at a glance免不了 miǎn bù liǎo unavoidable说白了 shuō bái le to speak frankly不了了之 bù liǎo liǎo zhī to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled了却 liǎo què to resolve吹了 chuī le failed别提了 bié tí le say no more