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Definition(s) for: 了解

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
了解 liǎo jiě - to understand
- to realize
- to find out
了解 liǎo jiě - to understand
- to realize
- to find out

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
3 4 351 323 871

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
le- (completed action marker)
- (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
- (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
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])
liǎo- (of eyes) bright
- clear-sighted
- to understand clearly
liào- unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
xiè- surname Xie
jiě- to divide
- to break up
- to split
- to separate
- to dissolve
- to solve
- to melt
- to remove
- to untie
- to loosen
- to open
- to emancipate
- to explain
- to understand
- to know
- a solution
- a dissection
jiè- to transport under guard
xiè- acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)
- variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old)

Other Words Containing 了解

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
了解 3 4 351 323 871