The Chinese character【了】is a word that describes mood or state, and is mainly used for the following meanings:
Ends or emphasizes a statement. Explanation: 1. Auxiliary word. Indicates the completion of an action. For example: “It’s raining!”, “Have you eaten?”, “The weather has cleared up!”, “They have left.”, “She is crying because of you!”, “The bride is coming out!” 2. (1) Understand. Such as: “understand”, “realize”, “see clearly”. (2)End. Such as: “to put an end to”, “to conclude”, “to leave it unresolved”, “endless”, “to fulfill a wish”. (3) Completely. Such as: “no interest in life”, “no novelty”. (4) Used with words such as “得” and “不” to indicate possibility or impossibility. Such as: “It can be done”, “It has been done”. (5) Liao Liao: smart and clever. For example: “A child who is smart when he is young may not be good when he grows up.”
Here is the phonetic guide for pronouncing this Chinese character.
Mandarin Pinyin of 【了】:le
Cantonese Jyutping of 【了】:liu5
Here, you can find an overview of the character 【了】︰
Here are some situations where you can use【了】, for example:Describes tone or state , It mainly means to end or emphasize .The richness of Chinese characters allows for a wide range of meanings, some of which may be too complex to be fully explained here.
【了】is a single word that enhances clarity and specificity when matched with others, for example【完了、好了】(Mandarin Pinyin:wán le 、hǎo le/ Cantonese Jyutping:jyun4 liu5 、hou2 liu5)
This character is made up of 2 strokes,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,Here’s an example showing how this character can be effectively used.:
他總算完成了所有的任務。
He finally completed all the tasks.
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