Word information
Simplified了解
Traditional了解/瞭解
Pinyinliǎojiě
Part of speech动
HSK 3.03
HSK 2.03
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 了解
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
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了le
(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
除了chúleapart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
解决jiějuéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
为了wèilefor; for the purpose of; in order to
解释jiěshìexplanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
理解lǐjiěto comprehend; to understand