了卻

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	but; yet; however but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless
trad. (了卻)		了	卻
simp. (了却)		了	却

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎoquè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵ koek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-khiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎoquè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎocyuè
    • Wade–Giles: liao³-chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: lyǎu-chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leauchiueh
    • Palladius: ляоцюэ (ljaocjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁵ koek³
    • Yale: líuh keuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵ koek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵ kêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³ kʰœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-khiok
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-khiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'qiog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/

Verb

了卻

1. to settle; to solve

Synonyms

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• 了斷／了断 (liǎoduàn)
• 了結／了结 (liǎojié)
• 交代 (jiāodài) (humorous)
• 告終／告终 (gàozhōng)
• 完了 (wánliǎo)
• 完畢／完毕 (wánbì)
• 完結／完结 (wánjié)
• 收兵 (shōubīng) (figurative)
• 收場／收场 (shōuchǎng)
• 收束 (shōushù)
• 煞 (Hokkien)
• 煞事 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 結／结
• 結束／结束 (jiéshù)
• 結絕／结绝 (jiéjué) (literary)
• 結腳／结脚 (jie² juo²) (Sichuanese)
• 罷／罢