"liao" meaning in All languages combined

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Particle [English]

IPA: [ljaʊ˨˩] [Singapore]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 了 (liáu) or Teochew 了 (liao²). Tone and spelling influenced by Mandarin liǎo. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|nan-hbl|了|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=liáu|ts=}} Hokkien 了 (liáu), {{bor+|en|nan-hbl|了|tr=liáu}} Borrowed from Hokkien 了 (liáu), {{sup|2}} ², {{ncog|nan-tws|了|tr=liao²}} Teochew 了 (liao²), {{der|en|cmn|liǎo}} Mandarin liǎo Head templates: {{head|en|particle|head=|sort=}} liao, {{en-particle}} liao
  1. (Singlish, Manglish) Indicates perfective aspect (action completion) or change of state. Tags: Manglish, Singlish Synonyms: already, leow
    Sense id: en-liao-en-particle-w6enIwFP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English particles, Manglish, Singapore English, Singlish, Hanyu Pinyin Disambiguation of Hanyu Pinyin: 59 10 10 10 10 Related terms: mai tu liao, win liao lor, bo liao (english: unrelated etymologically) Related terms (Singlish particles): ah, hor, know, lah, leh, lor, mah, meh, one, sia, what

Romanization [Mandarin]

Head templates: {{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}} liao
  1. Nonstandard spelling of liāo. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: liāo
    Sense id: en-liao-cmn-romanization-c4hvVb8e Categories (other): Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25
  2. Nonstandard spelling of liáo. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: liáo
    Sense id: en-liao-cmn-romanization-UONjRaMK Categories (other): Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25
  3. Nonstandard spelling of liǎo. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: liǎo
    Sense id: en-liao-cmn-romanization-toxpVzUb Categories (other): Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25
  4. Nonstandard spelling of liào. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: liào
    Sense id: en-liao-cmn-romanization-R2iUx0Mz Categories (other): Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Mandarin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Mandarin terms with redundant script codes: 25 25 25 25

Download JSON data for liao meaning in All languages combined (6.0kB)

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