Definition/Meaning of liao

• English - Particle: liao (Manglish, Singlish) Indicates action completion , or more generally, perfective aspect. I run 4 laps liao . — I just ran 4 laps; I’ve run 4 laps. You decorate the cake liao ? — Have you decorated the cake yet? (Manglish, Singlish) Marks a change in state, more or less in the same manner as the inchoative aspect (see usage notes). It’s going to rain liao . — It’s going to start raining…
• English - Noun: liao (uncountable) (Singapore, colloquial, uncountable) Meats , vegetables , and other ingredient s added to an otherwise plain dish . 2012, Tan Tarn How, Fear of Writing, Epigram Books, →ISBN, scene: 35, page 72: Bak Chor Mee, less mee, Auntie. No extra liao today. 2019 August 24, Yeo Boon Ping, quoting Zachary Tang, “If Zi Char Dishes Were In A Battle Royale, Which Would Come Out Tops?”, in…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. Borrowed from Hokkien 了 (liáu) and Teochew 了 (liao²), with tone and spelling influenced by Mandarin 了 (liǎo) and its romanization in Hanyu Pinyin. Etymology 2. From Mandarin 料 (liào, “ingredients”).
• English - Pronunciation: (Singapore) IPA: [ljaʊ˨˩] , [ljaʊ˦˨] (Singapore, interrogative) IPA: [ljaʊ˨]
• English - Synonyms: already