了解
Written liǎo jiě, said liáo jiě — a third tone before another third tone is said as a second.
Meaning
- to understand
- to realize
- to find out
Example sentence
你不了解。
You don't understand.
Characters in 了解
- 了 le (completed action marker)
- 解 jiě to untie; to solve; to explain
了 here liǎo, to grasp, plus 解, to untie. Read le the same character is the aspect particle — a different word entirely.