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  liu5   jyutping
  le5 liao3   pinyin
[] liu5 | [] le5
[1] [aspect marker] indicating completed action | []
[2] [final particle] indicating change of situation | []

[] liu5 | [] liao3
[1] [v] finish; end; conclude; settle
[2] [verb particle] indicating possibility

is the simplified version of with different meanings as well as a traditional character as shown on this page.
verb
Stroke count: 2
Level: 1
Radical: (#6)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 21405 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Feb 2012 05:14

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detail  liu5 gaai2  liao3 jie3 = to understand
detail  deoi3 liu5  dui4 le5 = right; correct
detail  sau6 bat1 liu5  shou4 bu4 liao3 = cannot stand it
detail  liu5*1 go1   = mynah - a bird
detail  syun3 liu5  suan4 le5 = that's settled
detail  ceoi4 liu5  chu2 le5 = except; excluding
detail  bat1 dak1 liu5  bu4 de2 liao3 = desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly
detail  baa6 liu5  ba4 le5 = (modal particle) only; that's all
detail  gik6 liu5  ji2 le5 = extremely; exceedingly
detail  ceoi4 liu5 zi1 ngoi6  chu2 le5 zhi1 wai4 = except
See all 49 compounds (CantoDict reports 48 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing 10 of 27 examples containing 了
detail 昨天已經決定
It was already decided yesterday.
detail 對不起由於下雨所以遲到
I'm sorry, I was late because of the rain.
detail 見到真是太好了
It was nice meeting you.
detail 聖誕節
It will be Christmas soon
detail 聖誕節之前剩下二十三禮物
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
detail 的話聖誕老公公不會禮物
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!
detail 聖誕全部出去
Have you sent all of your Christmas cards yet?
detail 討厭禮物
I hate wrapping up presents!
detail 我們家裡太多好吃東西
We have so much nice food in the house.
detail 這麼出爾反爾剛纔現在不要到底
Stop changing your mind! A while ago, you said you wanted to go, but now you say you don't want to--are you really going or aren't you?
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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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