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Found 50 word entries for "了" Link to this search: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/search/?searchtype=1&text=%E4%BA%86
	Word	jyutping	pinyin	Meaning
	了解	liu5 gaai2	liao3 jie3	to understand
	對了	deoi3 liu5	dui4 le5	國   right; correct
	受不了	sau6 bat1 liu5	shou4 bu4 liao3	國   cannot stand it
	了哥	liu5*1 go1		粵   mynah - a bird
	算了	syun3 liu5	suan4 le5	國   that's settled
	除了	ceoi4 liu5	chu2 le5	國   except; excluding
	不得了	bat1 dak1 liu5	bu4 de2 liao3	desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly
	罷了	baa6 liu5	ba4 le5	國   (modal particle) only; that's all
	極了	gik6 liu5	ji2 le5	國   extremely; exceedingly
	除了之外	ceoi4 liu5 zi1 ngoi6	chu2 le5 zhi1 wai4	國   except
	為了	wai6 liu5	wei4 le5	in order to; so as to; so that; for the purpose of
	不了	bat1 liu5	bu4 liao3	國   [1] unable to, [2] without end
	不了了之	bat1 liu5 liu5 zi1	bu4 liao3 liao3 zhi1	settle something by not settling it
	受得了	sau6 dak1 liu5		bearable
	過了火位	gwo3 liu5 fo2 wai6*2		國   exaggerated
	井水乾了	zeng2 seoi2 gon1 liu5		國   the well has dried up
	不在了	bat1 zoi6 liu5	bu4 zai4 le5	國   to be dead
	不行了	bat1 hang4 liu5	bu4 xing2 le5	國   on the point of death; dying
	不見了	bat1 gin3 liu5	bu4 jian4 le5	國   disappear; be missing
	了不起	liu5 bat1 hei2	liao3 bu5 qi3	國   amazing; terrific; extraordinary
	睡了覺	seoi6 liu5 gaau3	shui4 le5 jiao4	國   have fallen asleep
	死不了	sei2 bat1 liu5	si3 bu4 liao3	國   not dead; Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
	太好了	taai3 hou2 liu5	tai4 hao3 le5	very good
	打錯了	daa2 co3 liu5	da3 cuo4 le5	國   "you have dialed the wrong number"
	把握不了	baa2 ak1 bat1 liu5	ba3 wo4 bu4 le5	國   unable to grasp
	敷衍了事	fu1 hin2 liu5 si6	fu1 yan5 liao3 shi4	國   muddle through one's work
	一目了然	jat1 muk6 liu5 jin4	yi1 mu4 liao3 ran2	國   be clear at a glance
	怎麼得了	zam2 mo1 dak1 liu5	zen3 me5 de2 liao4	國   where will it all end; what a terrible thing it would be; this is one hell of a mess
	寄失了	gei3 sat1 liu5	ji4 shi1 le5	國   lost in the post
	死了	sei2 liu5	si3 le5	國   to be dead
	因誤會而結合，因了解而分開	jan1 ng6 wui6 ji4 git3 hap6, jan1 liu5 gaai2 ji4 fan1 hoi1		become a couple because of misunderstanding, and break up becuase of knowing each other deeply
	大不了	daai6 bat1 liu5	da4​ bu4​ liao3​	in the worst case; if worst comes to worst; serious; alarming
	直截了當	zik6 zit6 liu5 dong3	zhi2 jie2 liao3 dang4	plain-talking; blunt; straightforward
	了不得	liu5 bat1 dak1	liao3 bu4 de2	terrific; extraordinary
	撞了就跑	zong6 liu5 zau6 paau2		國   hit-and-run
	糗大了	jau2 daai6 liu5	qiu3 da4 le5	國   to make a fool of oneself
	敗家了	bai6 gaa1 leu1		粵   oh shit; calamitous
	一了百了	jat1 liu5 baak3 liu5	yi4 liao3 bai3 liao3	once and for all
	一走了之	jat1 zau2 liu5 zi1	yi1 zou3 liao3 zhi1	to deal with problems by running away from them
	私了	si1 liu5	si1 liao3	settle or deal with an issue in private
	未了	mei6 liu5	wei4 liao3	not dealt with yet; unfinished
	餘情未了	jyu4 cing4 mei6 liu5	yu2 qing2 wei4 liao3	to still have feelings for sb. that have not subsided
	沒完沒了	mut6 jyun4 mut6 liu5	mei2 wan2 mei2 liao3	there's no end to (sth.); endless; never-ending
	不甚了了	bat1 sam6 liu5 liu5	bu2 shen4 liao3 liao3	have a shallow understanding of; know very little; not really understand
	一死了之	jat1 sei2 liu5 zi1	yi1 si3 liao3 zhi1	to try to right a wrong or quit a score through death
	末了	mut6 liu5	mo4 liao3	final; end
	一目瞭然	jat1 muk6 liu5 jin4	yi1 mu4 liao3 ran2	at a glance, be clear at a glance, very clear
	牙擦擦了哥	ngaa4 caat3 caat3 liu5*1 go1		粵   talking mynah bird toy
	和了	wu4*2 liu5	hu2 le5	國   (mahjong) to win
	賠了夫人又折兵	pui4 liu5 fu1 jan4 jau6 zit3 bing1	pei2 le5 fu1 ren2 you4 zhe2 bing1	throw good money after bad

Found 27 Chinese Examples for "了"
	昨天已經決定了。	國 It was already decided yesterday.
	你別這麼出爾反爾嘛﹗剛纔說要去﹐現在說不要了 — 你到底去不去啊﹖	國 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?
	我們家裡有太多好吃的東西了	國 We have so much nice food in the house.
	我最討厭包禮物了！	國 I hate wrapping up presents!
	你把聖誕卡全部都寄出去了嗎？	國 Have you sent all of your Christmas cards yet?
	你不乖的話，聖誕老公公就不會送你禮物了！	國 If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!
	聖誕節之前只剩下二十三天買禮物了！	國 There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
	聖誕節快來了	國 It will be Christmas soon
	能見到你真是太好了。	國 It was nice meeting you.
	對不起，由於下雨，所以我遲到了。	國 I'm sorry, I was late because of the rain.
	這些囚犯被分批帶出去槍斃了。	國 The prisoners were led out in batches and shot.
	唱機壞了,發不出聲音	國 The record player is broken, it's not making any sound.
	豈但年青人愛好運動，就連上了年紀的人也積極鍛煉身體。	Not only are the young keen in sports, even the elderly are enthusiastic about physical training.
	你再遲一點來的話我就要升天了!	國 Get here a second later and I'd be dead!
	被你這樣咄咄逼人地追問，他就更慌了！	國 With your forceful interrogation, he became even more nervous.
	園主又打發了另一個僕人去，他們也把那人打了，並加以侮辱，放他空手回去。	國 And again he (the lord of the vinyard) sent another servant. But they beat him also. They humiliated him, sent him away empty handed. (Luke 20:11)
	他用哈姆立克急救法救了我一命。	國 He saved my life using the Heimlich Maneuver.
	漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。	國 Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.
	他的名聲已經開始傳開傳了。	國 His reputation has already begun to spread.
	如果你有事的話 , 就不要來了。	國 Don't come if you're busy.
	我在法國渡過了三個寒暑	國 I spent three winters and summers in France.
	囚犯們企圖逃跑, 但是失敗了。	國 The prisoners attempted to escape but failed.
	我們參照原文作了必要的修改。	國 We consulted the original and made some necessary changes.
	他把好些書存放在我這兒了。	國 He has left a number of books with me.
	那好極了!	國 That's great!
	人生最困擾之事莫過於喪失了人生目標。	The biggest perplexity in life is losing the goal of life.
	旅遊業者不須擔心少了某種噱頭十足的用語而流失生意	國 The travel industry should not be unduly worried about businesses badly affected due to the cessation in the use of gimmicky linguistics of their promotions.