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了
le
1.
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
2.
(completed action marker)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
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
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
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)
别吃了，你已经吃了三块蛋糕了。
Bié chī le, nǐ yǐjīng chī le sān kuài dàngāo le.
Don't eat anymore, you've already eaten three pieces of cake.
Text 2
李老师，我下个月5号就要结婚了。
Lǐ lǎoshī, wǒ xià gè yuè wǔ hào jiù yào jié hūn le.
Teacher Li, I'm getting married on the 5th of next month.
Text 2
今年放假我又回不了家了，这次我父母又要失望了。你有什么计划？
Jīnnián fàngjià wǒ yòu huí bùliǎo jiā le, zhè cì wǒ fùmǔ yòu yào shīwàng le. Nǐ yǒu shénme jìhuà?
This year during the holidays I can’t go home again, and this time my parents will be disappointed again. Do you have any plans?
Text 3
我的照相机被谁拿走了？怎么找不到了？
Wǒ de zhàoxiàngjī bèi shéi ná zǒu le? Zěnme zhǎo bú dào le?
Who took my camera away? Why can't I find it?
Text 1
师傅，我去大使馆，你是不是走错了？
Shīfu, wǒ qù dàshǐguǎn, nǐ shì bú shì zǒu cuò le?
Driver, I'm going to the embassy. Did you take the wrong way?
Text 3
呀，你的手怎么流血了？等一下，我给你包起来。
Yā, nǐ de shǒu zěnme liúxuè le? Děng yíxià, wǒ gěi nǐ bāo qǐlái.
Ah, why is your hand bleeding? Wait a moment, I'll bandage it for you.
Text 2
这次旅游，我去了不少地方，每个地方都让我非常难忘。
Zhè cì lǚyóu, wǒ qù le bù shǎo dìfāng, měi gè dìfāng dōu ràng wǒ fēicháng nánwàng.
On this trip, I went to many places, and every place was very memorable to me.
Text 4
不要看电视了，明天上午还有汉语课呢。
Bù yào kàn diànshì le, míngtiān shàngwǔ hái yǒu hànyǔ kè ne.
Don't watch TV anymore; there's Chinese class tomorrow morning.
Text 1
现在的大学生一遇到不明白的问题，可以马上在网上查找答案，几秒钟就把问题解决了，这比我们上学的时候方便多了。
Xiànzài de dàxuéshēng yí yùdào bù míngbái de wèntí, kěyǐ mǎshàng zài wǎngshàng cházhǎo dá'àn, jǐ miǎozhōng jiù bǎ wèntí jiějué le, zhè bǐ wǒmen shàngxué de shíhòu fāngbiàn duō le.
Nowadays, college students can immediately look up answers online when they encounter a question they don't understand and solve it in a few seconds. This is much more convenient than when we were in school.
Text 2
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- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 4
- Word Frequency Rank
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