好了吗

hǎolema

Traditional: 好了吗

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Translation

is it ready? are you done?

Word origin

A spoken phrase combining 好 ready, the aspect particle 了 and the question particle 吗. Together they ask whether something is now finished.

Origin
compound
Root
好 (hǎo, ready) + 了 (le, aspect) + 吗 (ma, question)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 好

Stroke order for 了

Stroke order for 吗

Examples

Is the meal ready?

Are you ready?

Have you finished your homework?

Is the luggage packed?

Is everything ready?

好了吗 (hǎo le ma) means is it ready, are you done. It is a fixed spoken question about completion.

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This word is part of lesson 23.