了

le

This one is never said on its own. Here it is inside a real phrase:

好了hǎo leall done

grammar particle: completed action; change of state

Dictionary entry

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

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了

See it in sentences

天冷了,多穿衣服。

Tiān lěng le, duō chuān yīfu.

English

It has gotten cold, put on more clothes.

我吃了两个饺子。

Wǒ chī le liǎng gè jiǎozi.

English

I ate two dumplings.

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