了 le particle: completed action / change of state
le (completed action) and liǎo (to finish; able) - 吃了 chī le, 了解 liǎojiě
How it came to be
A wrapped child with the arms bound in: the child block with the crossbar taken off. A baby wrapped and settled is a thing finished, so the character became the word for a finished action.
用法
- Two jobs. After a verb it marks the action as completed - 我吃了 (wǒ chī le) I ate. At the end of a sentence it marks a change or new state - 下雨了 (xià yǔ le) it's raining now, 太贵了 (tài guì le) that's (become) too expensive.
- Completed ≠ past tense: 明天到了北京再打给你 (míngtiān dào le Běijīng zài dǎ gěi nǐ) once I've arrived in Beijing tomorrow, I'll call - 了 here is future.
- Read liǎo it means 'finish/manage', as in 了解 (liǎojiě) understand and 受不了 (shòubuliǎo) can't stand it.
含“了”的汉字
含“了”的词语
- 为了wèilein order toHSK 3
- 了解liǎojiěunderstand, find outHSK 3
- 除了chúlebesidesHSK 3
- 受不了shòu bu liǎocannot endureHSK 4
- 不得了bùdéliǎodesperately seriousHSK 5
- 了不起liǎobuqǐamazingHSK 5
- 得了déleall right!HSK 6
- 算了suànlelet it beHSK 6
- 一目了然yímù-liǎoránobvious at a glance (idiom)HSK 7
- 不了了之bùliǎo-liǎozhīto settle a matter by leaving it unsettledHSK 7
- 了结liǎojiéto settleHSK 7
- 免不了miǎnbuliǎounavoidableHSK 7
- 大不了dàbuliǎoat worstHSK 7
- 少不了shǎobuliǎocannot do withoutHSK 7
- 没完没了méiwán-méiliǎowithout endHSK 7
- 罢了bàlea modal particle indicatingHSK 9
例句
- 她怎么了？ Tā zěnme le?What happened to her?
- 我回来了。 Wǒ huílái le.I'm back.
- 你做对了。 Nǐ zuòduì le.You've done the right thing.
- 她生病了。 Tā shēngbìng le.She is sick.