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了

le/liǎo · liao/liào · liao

Traditional 瞭

HSK 1

Meaning

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le 了

  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

liǎo 瞭

  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly

liào 瞭

  1. unofficial variant of 瞭 (liào)

liǎo 了

  1. to finish
  2. to achieve
  3. variant of 瞭 / 了 (liǎo)
  4. to understand clearly
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In a conversation

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Did you eat?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)吃饭(chīfàn)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Have you eaten?

  2. Dengdeng

    吃(chī)了(le)！我(wǒ)吃(chī)了(le)三(sān)碗(wǎn)米饭(mǐfàn)。

    Yes! I ate three bowls of rice.

  3. Liangliang

    三(sān)碗(wǎn)？那(nà)你(nǐ)不(bù)饿(è)了(le)吧(ba)？

    Three bowls? Then you are not hungry any more, right?

  4. Dengdeng

    不(bù)饿(è)了(le)。可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)看到(kàndào)烤鸭(kǎoyā)，又(yòu)饿(è)了(le)。

    Not hungry any more. But I saw roast duck, and now I am hungry again.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)吃(chī)了(le)饭(fàn)了(le)。

I have eaten.

02

这(zhè)么(me)多(duō)菜(cài)，我(wǒ)一(yí)个(gè)人(rén)吃(chī)不(bu)了(liǎo)。

So much food — I can't finish it all by myself.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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