Pictographic: A child swaddled in blanklets; compare 子Radical:

meaning for le:

  • - (completed action marker)
  • - (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  • - (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

meaning for liǎo:

  • - to finish
  • - to achieve
  • - variant of 了
  • - to understand clearly
  • - (of eyes) bright
  • - clear-sighted
  • - to understand clearly

shuāidǎo摔倒
le

She fell down.


shuō
le
duōshǎo多少
biàn

How many times did he say it?


èrshí二十
kuàiqián块钱
zúgòu足够
le

Twenty yuan is enough.


nǚér女儿
liù
suì
le

My daughter is six years old.


míngnián明年
jiùyào就要
liùshí六十
suì
le

He will be sixty years old next year.