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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 了
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 了 | le | - (completed action marker) - (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) - (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 | liǎo | - to finish - (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4bu5liao3] "cannot forget") - (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least - to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3]) |
| 了 | liǎo | - (of eyes) bright - clear-sighted - to understand clearly |
| 了 | liào | - unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4] |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Other Words Containing 了
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 了 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 为了 | 3 | 3 | 220 | 239 | 318 |
| 了解 | 3 | 4 | 351 | 323 | 871 |
| 极了 | - | 3 | 575 | - | - |
| 除了 | 3 | 3 | 626 | 651 | 807 |
| 罢了 | - | 6 | 1,893 | 5,726 | 3,940 |
| 受不了 | 4 | 4 | 2,155 | 5,361 | 2,110 |
| 了不起 | 5 | 4 | 2,202 | 9,552 | 5,992 |
| 大不了 | 6 | - | 3,115 | 13,167 | 7,263 |
| 说了算 | - | - | 3,804 | - | - |
| 得了 | - | 5 | 3,922 | 3,523 | 2,128 |
| 了结 | - | 7 | 4,200 | 16,026 | 18,807 |
| 对了 | - | - | 4,552 | - | - |
| 完了 | - | 5 | 5,848 | 2,530 | 1,050 |
| 不得了 | 5 | 5 | 7,098 | 10,016 | 4,965 |
| 没完没了 | - | 7 | 8,310 | 19,981 | 10,539 |
| 明了 | - | - | 9,023 | 11,805 | 9,219 |
| 了如指掌 | - | - | 9,047 | 28,058 | 44,963 |
| 了断 | - | - | 10,007 | 30,070 | 24,181 |
| 受得了 | - | - | 11,073 | - | - |
| 直截了当 | - | - | 14,061 | 29,545 | 47,549 |
| 忘不了 | - | 8 | 17,399 | - | - |
| 未了 | - | - | 18,776 | 24,406 | 19,816 |
| 少不了 | - | 9 | 19,081 | 13,909 | 10,924 |
| 一目了然 | 6 | 9 | 20,051 | 18,167 | 19,078 |
| 私了 | - | - | 21,369 | 38,467 | 37,987 |
| 免不了 | - | 9 | 22,122 | 19,520 | 18,035 |
| 一了百了 | - | - | 22,698 | 59,391 | 34,315 |
| 不了了之 | - | 9 | 22,892 | 25,526 | 21,884 |
| 了事 | - | - | 25,722 | 14,250 | 14,966 |
| 了不得 | - | - | 26,423 | 32,917 | 22,197 |
| 了得 | - | - | 31,423 | 13,971 | 7,561 |
| 敷衍了事 | - | - | 33,040 | 51,573 | 42,749 |
| 终了 | - | - | 33,427 | 35,526 | 24,943 |
| 了然 | - | - | 33,505 | 33,968 | 27,947 |
| 知了 | - | - | 35,022 | 39,832 | 25,736 |
| 了无生趣 | - | - | 35,198 | - | - |
| 了却 | - | 9 | 37,521 | 22,892 | 12,653 |
| 末了 | - | - | 46,754 | 20,295 | 9,435 |
| 临了 | - | - | 57,829 | 66,762 | 43,891 |
| 了局 | - | - | 65,133 | - | - |
| 怎么得了 | - | - | 69,457 | 68,589 | 39,209 |