Keyword
completed action marker
- clear
- to finish
- particle of completed action
- Frequency
- #2
- Strokes
- 2
Readings
le67%
liǎo33%
Mnemonic
A child swaddled in blanklets; compare 子
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
了
(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
Particle
为了
for; for the purpose of; in order to
了解
to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
除了
apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 (chúle) + A + 就是 (jiùshì) + B, "either A or B")
不了
(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 个 (ge) + ~) without end; incessantly
不了
no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
算了
let it be; let it pass; forget about it
受不了
unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand
极了
extremely; exceedingly
了不起
amazing; terrific; extraordinary
太好了
very good
大不了
at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
说了算
to have the final say; to be the one in charge
不得了
desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly
了结
to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up
没完没了
without end; incessantly; on and on
了
to finish; (used with 得 (dé) or 不 (bù) after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 (wàngbuliǎo) "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 (wú) or 不 (bù)) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least; (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly
忘不了
cannot forget
少不了
cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many
免不了
unavoidable; can't be avoided
一目了然
obvious at a glance (idiom)
不了了之
to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite