了解

See also: 瞭解

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (了解/瞭解)		了/瞭	解
simp. (了解)		了	解

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎojiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵ gaai²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liáu-kié / liáu-kiái
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-kái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lieu² goi² / liao² goi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎojiě [Phonetic: liáojiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎojiě
    • Wade–Giles: liao³-chieh³
    • Yale: lyǎu-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaujiee
    • Palladius: ляоцзе (ljaocze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁵ gaai²
    • Yale: líuh gáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵ gaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵ gai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³ kaːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liáu-kié
    • Hakka Romanization System: liau` gie`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau³ gie³
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯³¹ ki̯e³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liáu-kiái
    • Hakka Romanization System: liau` giai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau³ giai³
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯³¹ ki̯ai̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-kái
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-kái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'kae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lieu² goi² / liao² goi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liṳ́u kói / liáu kói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɯu⁵²⁻³⁵ koi⁵²/, /liau⁵²⁻³⁵ koi⁵²⁻²¹/

Note:

• lieu2 goi2 - Chaozhou;
• liao2 goi2 - Jieyang.

Verb

了解

1. to understand; to comprehend; to learn

   進一步了解／进一步了解  ―  jìnyībù liǎojiě  ―  to learn more

   對某人或某事有所了解 [MSC, trad.]
   对某人或某事有所了解 [MSC, simp.]

   duì mǒurén huò mǒushì yǒusuǒ liǎojiě [Pinyin]

   to know something about someone or something

Synonyms

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• 佔有／占有 (zhànyǒu)
• 分曉／分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
• 參悟／参悟 (cānwù)
• 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懂 (dǒng)
• 懂得 (dǒngde)
• 打生 (Wenzhounese)
• 把握 (bǎwò)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 明 (ming⁴) (Cantonese)
• 明白
• 明瞭／明了 (míngliǎo)
• 曉得／晓得 (xiǎode)
• 會悟／会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
• 洞悉 (dòngxī)
• 清亮 (mainland China)
• 清楚
• 熟似 (Hokkien)
• 熟悉 (shúxī)
• 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
• 熟識／熟识 (shúshí)
• 理會／理会 (lǐhuì)
• 理解 (lǐjiě)
• 瞭悟／了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
• 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
• 知曉／知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
• 知識／知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
• 知道
• 覺／觉
• 覺悟／觉悟 (juéwù)
• 覺醒／觉醒 (juéxǐng)
• 認識／认识
• 諳曉／谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
• 諳達／谙达 (āndá) (literary)
• 貫通／贯通 (guàntōng)
• 通曉／通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
• 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
• 通達／通达 (tōngdá)
• 達／达 (literary, or in compounds)
• 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
• 開悟／开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
• 領悟／领悟 (lǐngwù)
• 領會／领会 (lǐnghuì)
• 領略／领略 (lǐnglüè)

 

See also

• 諒解／谅解 (liàngjiě)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
了	解
りょう Grade: S	かい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 諒解(りょうかい) (ryōkai)

Noun

了(りょう)解(かい) • (ryōkai) 

1. understanding, comprehension
2. consent, agreement

Synonyms

• (understanding): 理解(りかい) (rikai)
• (consent): 承諾(しょうだく) (shōdaku)

Derived terms

• 了解事項(りょうかいじこう) (ryōkai jikō): agreement (in documents, or colloquially)
• 了解案件(りょうかいあんけん) (ryōkai anken): agreement (in documents, or colloquially)

Interjection

了(りょう)解(かい) or 了解(interjection) • (ryōkai or interjection) [[Category:Japanese
|りょうかい]]

1. roger (over radio etc.), OK

Synonyms

• りょ (slang)

Verb

了(りょう)解(かい)する • (ryōkai suru) transitive suru (stem 了(りょう)解(かい)し (ryōkai shi), past 了(りょう)解(かい)した (ryōkai shita))

1. understand, comprehend
2. agree, consent

Conjugation

Conjugation of "了解する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	了解し	りょうかいし	ryōkai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	了解し	りょうかいし	ryōkai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	了解する	りょうかいする	ryōkai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	了解する	りょうかいする	ryōkai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	了解すれ	りょうかいすれ	ryōkai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	了解せよ¹ 了解しろ²	りょうかいせよ¹ りょうかいしろ²	ryōkai seyo¹ ryōkai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	了解される	りょうかいされる	ryōkai sareru
Causative	了解させる 了解さす	りょうかいさせる りょうかいさす	ryōkai saseru ryōkai sasu
Potential	了解できる	りょうかいできる	ryōkai dekiru
Volitional	了解しよう	りょうかいしよう	ryōkai shiyō
Negative	了解しない	りょうかいしない	ryōkai shinai
Negative continuative	了解せず	りょうかいせず	ryōkai sezu
Formal	了解します	りょうかいします	ryōkai shimasu
Perfective	了解した	りょうかいした	ryōkai shita
Conjunctive	了解して	りょうかいして	ryōkai shite
Hypothetical conditional	了解すれば	りょうかいすれば	ryōkai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
了	解

Noun

了解 • (yohae) (hangeul 요해)

1. Hanja form^? of 요해 (“understanding”).