What does "liao" mean?
(From Hokkien/Chinese 了, Mandarin: liǎo) Means 'already' or 'over', or generally indicates the past tense. Sometimes used as a substitute for the "already" used in Singlish, especially by Chinese-speaking people. Sometimes also pronounced as the Mandarin le (light tone) by Chinese speakers.
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