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了
le
1. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
2. (completed action marker)
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 2 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

了
le
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
HSK 1 2 丶

Compound Words (20)

吹了
chuīle
failed
坏了
huàile
shoot!
完了
wánle
to be finished
对了
duìle
Correct!
得了
déle
all right!
成了
chéngle
to be done
有了
yǒule
I've got a solution!
极了
jíle
extremely
没了
méile
to be dead
为了
wèile
in order to
HSK 3
算了
suànle
let it be
糟了
zāole
gosh!
结了
jiéle
that's that
罢了
bàle
a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
迟了
chíle
late
除了
chúle
besides
HSK 3
饶了
ráole
to spare
不在了
bùzàile
to be dead
不行了
bùxíngle
on the point of death
出了事
chūleshì
sth bad happened

Example Sentences (10)

吃药了吗？现在身体怎么样？
Chī yào le ma? Xiànzài shēntǐ zěnme yàng?
Did you take your medicine? How is your health now?
Text 2
现在网上购物变得越来越流行了，年轻人尤其喜欢在网上买东西。
Xiànzài wǎngshàng gòuwù biàn de yuè lái yuè liúxíng le, niánqīngrén yóuqí xǐhuan zài wǎngshàng mǎi dōngxi.
Nowadays, online shopping has become more and more popular, and young people especially like to buy things online.
Text 5
你在这儿工作多长时间了？
Nǐ zài zhèr gōngzuò duō cháng shíjiān le?
How long have you been working here?
Text 4
王方的衣服太漂亮了！
Wáng Fāng de yīfu tài piàoliang le!
Wang Fang's clothes are so beautiful!
Text 3
咱家的冰箱太旧了，商场正好打折，我们顺便也买一台吧。
Zánjiā de bīngxiāng tài jiù le, shāngchǎng zhènghǎo dǎzhé, wǒmen shùnbiàn yě mǎi yī tái ba.
Our fridge is too old. The mall happens to be having a sale. Let's buy one while we're at it.
Text 2
我今天看见你和一个女的进了咖啡店，她是谁啊？
Wǒ jīntiān kànjiàn nǐ hé yí gè nǚ de jìn le kāfēi diàn, tā shì shéi a?
I saw you and a woman go into a coffee shop today. Who is she?
Text 2
今天的作业你做完了吗？
jīn tiān de zuò yè nǐ zuò wán le ma?
Have you finished today's homework?
Text 2
马可，你的中文说得越来越好了！
Mǎkě, nǐ de Zhōngwén shuō de yuè lái yuè hǎo le!
Marco, your Chinese is getting better and better!
Text 1
听说你又换工作了？今年已经换了三次工作了吧？
Tīngshuō nǐ yòu huàn gōngzuò le? Jīnnián yǐjīng huàn le sān cì gōngzuò le ba?
I heard you changed jobs again? You've already changed jobs three times this year, right?
Text 1
我的眼镜呢？怎么突然找不到了？你看见了吗？
Wǒ de yǎnjìng ne? Zěnme tūrán zhǎo bù dào le? Nǐ kànjiàn le ma?
Where are my glasses? Why can't I find them all of a sudden? Did you see them?
Text 1

Alternate Entries

了
liǎo
to finish / to achieve / variant of [[瞭|了<liǎo>]] / to understand clearly
HSK 1
了
liǎo
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
4
Word Frequency Rank
4 of 84,292