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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)

老师，除了小云，其他人都来了。
Lǎoshī, chúle Xiǎoyún, qítā rén dōu lái le.
Teacher, except for Xiaoyun, everyone else has arrived.
Text 2
你看见我的杯子了吗？
Nǐ kànjiàn wǒ de bēizi le ma?
Have you seen my cup?
Text 4
这个笔记本电脑我去年买的时候要五千块左右，现在便宜多了。
Zhège bǐjìběn diànnǎo wǒ qùnián mǎi de shíhou yào wǔ qiān kuài zuǒyòu, xiànzài piányi duō le.
When I bought this laptop last year, it cost around five thousand yuan. It's much cheaper now.
Text 4
听说您跟妻子结婚快二十年了？
Tīng shuō nín gēn qī zi jié hūn kuài èr shí nián le?
I heard you and your wife have been married for almost twenty years?
Text 3
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
上次我们参加骑马比赛的照片，我选了几张洗出来了。
Shàng cì wǒmen cānjiā qímǎ bǐsài de zhàopiàn, wǒ xuǎn le jǐ zhāng xǐ chūlái le.
I selected a few of the photos from the last horseback riding competition we took part in and had them printed.
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
下雪了，今天真冷。
Xià xuě le, jīntiān zhēn lěng.
It's snowing, it's really cold today.
Text 3
怎么又买了这么多饼干和巧克力？难道你不减肥了？
Zěnme yòu mǎi le zhème duō bǐnggān hé qiǎokèlì? Nándào nǐ bù jiǎnféi le?
Why did you buy so many cookies and chocolate again? Aren't you dieting anymore?
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

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