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Cantonese · Jyutping

Mandarin · Pinyin

  • le
  • liǎo

English

  1. to finish
  2. (completed action marker)
  3. to finish
  4. added at the end of a sentence to indicate change or new situation; equivalent to Cantonese 喇 laa3
  5. to settle; to bring to an end
  6. the Standard Written Chinese equivalent of 咗 (zo2); added after a verb to indicate the perfective aspect, or after an adjective to indicate change
  7. particle of completed action
  8. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  9. (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget")
  10. then; usually used with pre-verbal 就 zau6, to indicate the consequence under certain conditions; equivalent to Cantonese 喇 (laa3) or 嘞 (laak3)
  11. used after the verb or adjective in the first clause of a conditional sentence (e.g. the if-, after-, or once-clause)
  12. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
  13. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  14. used in urge or persuasion; equivalent to Cantonese 喇 (laa3) or 啦 (laa1)
  15. variant of 瞭|了[liao3]

粵語

  1. 用喺句子最尾，表示同而家有關嘅變化或者新狀況；對應粵語嘅「喇」(laa3)
  2. 了結
  3. 咗；加喺動詞後面表示動作完成；或者加喺形容詞後表示變化
  4. 表示喺某種條件之下會出現嘅狀況，好多時同「就」一齊用；對應粵語嘅「喇」(laa3) 或者「嘞」(laak3)
  5. 用喺條件或者因果複句入面，加喺前句表示條件或者原因嗰句嘅動詞、形容詞之後，表示後句嘅發生條件或預期結果
  6. 表示催促、勸説；對應粵語嘅「喇」(laa3) 或者「啦」(laa1)

Decomposition

Structure

乛亅

IDS

⿱乛亅

Components

乛亅

Stroke order

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Variants

Words containing 了

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