了
Traditional form:
了
Pinyin (reading):
liǎo
Definitions:
- to finish
- (used with 得 (dé) or 不 (bù) after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 (wàngbuliǎo) "cannot forget")
- (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無／无 (wú) or 不 (bù)) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
- to understand clearly (variant of 瞭／了 (liǎo))
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