How to pronounce liao jie (了解) in Chinese
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了解
liǎo jiě
Characters & meanings
(completed action marker)
to untie; to explain
Common mistake
Written 3-3, spoken 2-3 — and a reading note: 了 is liǎo here, not the particle le. The sandhi makes it sound like liáojiě.
Tone change in this word
Third-tone sandhi: liǎo + jiě is pronounced liáo jiě — the first syllable becomes rising.
Example sentence
我很了解他。
Wǒ hěn liǎojiě tā.
I know him very well.
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