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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)

快五年了，你几乎没变化。
Kuài wǔ nián le, nǐ jīhū méi biànhuà.
It's been almost five years; you have hardly changed.
Text 4
老周，我打算买房子了，想向你借点儿钱。
Lǎo Zhōu, wǒ dǎsuàn mǎi fángzi le, xiǎng xiàng nǐ jiè diǎnr qián.
Old Zhou, I'm planning to buy a house and want to borrow some money from you.
Text 1
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
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
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
面试的时候，经理对我印象不错，还通知我明天就可以上班了。
Miànshì de shíhou, jīnglǐ duì wǒ yìnxiàng búcuò, hái tōngzhī wǒ míngtiān jiù kěyǐ shàngbān le.
During the interview, the manager had a good impression of me and also told me I could start work tomorrow.
Text 4
你看见张先生了吗？
Nǐ kànjiàn Zhāng xiānsheng le ma?
Have you seen Mr. Zhang?
Text 2
昨天上午你去哪儿了？
Zuótiān shàngwǔ nǐ qù nǎr le?
Where did you go yesterday morning?
Text 1
来中国快一年了，你适应这儿的生活了吗？
Lái Zhōngguó kuài yī nián le, nǐ shìyìng zhèr de shēnghuó le ma?
You've been in China for almost a year. Have you gotten used to life here?
Text 1
你怎么突然关心起体育来了？
Nǐ zěnme túrán guānxīn qǐ tǐyù lái le?
Why did you suddenly start caring about sports?
Text 2

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