了
leliǎoliào HSK1

finish

了 le frequency
[aspect marker] particle
Placed after a verb or adjective to indicate the completion of an action or a change in state.
[modal particle] particle
Placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a new situation, a change in circumstances, or to convey imperative or exclamatory force.

他不在这里工作了。

tā bù zài zhè​lǐ gōng​zuò le.

He doesn't work here anymore.

你可以说话了。

nǐ kě​yǐ shuō huà le.

You can talk now.

了 liǎo
[possibility] particle
Used in potential resultative constructions after a verb and 得 de or 不 bù to indicate whether an action is possible.

我觉得我帮不了你。

wǒ jué​de wǒ bāng bu liǎo nǐ.

I don't think I can help you.

我们唯一改变不了的，是过去。

wǒ​men wéi​yī gǎi​biàn bu liǎo de, shì guò​qù.

The only thing we can’t change is the past.

to finish verbadjective
To finish; to end; to settle or dispose of a matter.
completely
(literary) Entirely; completely; usually used with a negative like 不 bù or 无 wú to mean "not at all".
surname
A Chinese surname.
了 瞭 liǎo
to understand verb
(bound form) to understand or know clearly; to be bright or clear-sighted; to comprehend
了 瞭 liào
to watch
(bound form) to watch from a high place or from a distance

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Frequency
Character
Written text
5th most common 10999.9 per million
Movie subtitles
5th most common 21220.5 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
28210.5 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
13582.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
瞭
Strokes
2
Unicode
U+4E86

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)