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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
饶了
ráole
to spare
得了
déle
all right!
成了
chéngle
to be done
没了
méile
to be dead
结了
jiéle
that's that
除了
chúle
besides
HSK 3
完了
wánle
to be finished
有了
yǒule
I've got a solution!
坏了
huàile
shoot!
迟了
chíle
late
为了
wèile
in order to
HSK 3
糟了
zāole
gosh!
对了
duìle
Correct!
算了
suànle
let it be
极了
jíle
extremely
罢了
bàle
a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
不行了
bùxíngle
on the point of death
几点了
jǐdiǎnle
What's the time?
就晚了
jiùwǎnle
then it's too late (colloquial)

Example Sentences (10)

你老师多大了？
Nǐ lǎoshī duō dà le?
How old is your teacher?
Text 3
你看看手表，怎么迟到了？
Nǐ kàn kàn shǒubiǎo, zěnme chídào le?
Look at your watch, how come you're late?
Text 4
大卫回来了吗？
Dàwèi huílái le ma?
Has David come back?
Text 1
你知道吗？大卫找到工作了。
Nǐ zhīdào ma?Dàwèi zhǎodào gōngzuò le.
Do you know? David found a job.
Text 3
我最近越来越胖了。
Wǒ zuìjìn yuè lái yuè pàng le.
I've been getting fatter and fatter lately.
Text 4
你怎么买了这么多东西啊？
nǐ zěnme mǎi le zhème duō dōngxi a?
Why did you buy so many things?
Text 3
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
你最近比以前来得早多了，搬家了？
Nǐ zuìjìn bǐ yǐqián lái de zǎo duō le, bānjiā le?
You've been coming much earlier lately. Did you move?
Text 3
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
客人就要来了，你怎么还不打扫房间啊？
kè rén jiù yào lái le, nǐ zěnme hái bù dǎsǎo fángjiān a?
The guests are about to arrive—why haven’t you cleaned the room yet?
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