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了解

liǎo jiě

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

了解 (liǎo jiě) means "to understand". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 了解 means

1. to understand
2. to realize
3. to find out

Other readings

了解 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• liǎo jiěto understand; to realize; to find out

The characters in 了解

• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…
• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split

Example sentences

• 我很了解他
  I know her very well.
• 你不了解。
  You don't understand.

Where 了解 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Cognitive & Communication Verbs (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read liǎo jiě correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.