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le

(marks a change, or something done)

HSK 12 strokesLesson 7: How old are you?

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Meanings

le

  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

liǎo

  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. variant of 瞭|了[liao3]
  5. (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly

liào 瞭

  1. unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]

In sentences

来lái了le!I'm coming! #11508919

饭fàn好hǎo了leFood's ready! #12184136

她tā来lái了le!She's coming! #333982

怎么zěn me了le?What's the matter? #334413

下雨xià yǔ了le。It is raining. #346836

太tài小xiǎo了le。It's too small. #349189

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