| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 | liǎo | (of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly |
| 了 | liǎo | to finish / (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4bu5liao3] "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3]) |
| 矣 | yǐ | classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5] |
| 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4] |
| 咯 | lo | (final particle similar to 了[le5], indicating that sth is obvious) |
| 嘞 | lei | sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval |
| 噶 | gá | phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds) / Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha / (dialect) final particle similar to 了[le5] (esp. in Yunnan) |
| 喽 | lou | (final particle equivalent to 了[le5]) / (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation) |
| 咗 | zuǒ | Cantonese particle equivalent to 了[le5] or 過|过[guo4] |
| 动态助词 | dòng tài zhù cí | aspect particle, such as 著|着[zhe5], 了[le5], 過|过[guo4] |