了

(completed action marker) in Chinese: 了 (le)

le

(completed action marker)

HSK 12 example sentences

Definitions

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

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˙ㄌㄜ

le

˙/ neutral toneㄌ/ lㄜ/ e

Example sentences

See 了 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我要走了。

    wǒ yào zǒu le。

    I'm going to go.

  • 太可惜了！

    tài kě xī le！

    What a pity!

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Related words

除了

chú le

besides

了解

liǎo jiě

to understand

为了

wèi le

for

极了

jí le

extremely

得了

dé le

all right!

完了

wán le

to be finished

罢了

bà le

a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

算了

suàn le

let it be

吹了

chuī le

failed

了结

liǎo jié

to settle

了却

liǎo què

to resolve

受不了

shòu bù liǎo

unbearable

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