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僚

liáo

Character

What 僚 means

1. bureaucrat
2. colleague

Other readings

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

• Liáosurname Liao

Example sentences

• 他几乎不和他的同僚友好相处。
  Tā jīhūbù hé tā de tóngliáo yǒuhǎo xiāngchǔ.
  He is hardly friendly with his fellow workers.
• 阿尔及利亚需要摆脱官僚主义。
  ā'ěrjílìyà xūyào bǎituō guānliáozhǔyì.
  Algeria needs to get rid of its bureaucracy.

Words starting with 僚

• 僚机liáo jīwingman aircraft

Words containing 僚

• 官僚guān liáobureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic
• 官僚主义guān liáo zhǔ yìbureaucracy
• 幕僚mù liáoaides and advisors of top officials
• 同僚tóng liáocolleague; coworker
• 臣僚chén liáocourt official (in former times)
• 阁僚gé liáocabinet member
• 官僚习气guān liáo xí qì(derog.) bureaucracy; red tape
• 技术官僚jì shù guān liáotechnocrat

Characters built on 尞

These share the phonetic component 尞 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 瞭liàoto watch from a height or distance
• 撩liāoto lift up (sth hanging down); to raise (hem of skirt); to pull up (sleeve)
• 缭liáoto wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 镣liàofetters; leg-irons; shackles
• 寮liáohut; shack; small window
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire
• 獠liáofierce; hunt; name of a tribe

Characters that look like 僚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 豫yùhappy; carefree; at one's ease
• 肇zhàoat first; devise; originate
• 撩liāoto lift up (sth hanging down); to raise (hem of skirt); to pull up (sleeve)
• 缭liáoto wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 獠liáofierce; hunt; name of a tribe

Sounds the same

Read liáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 聊(colloquial) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly
• 疗to treat; to cure; therapy
• 辽(bound form) distant; faraway
• 寮hut; shack; small window
• 撩to tease; to provoke; to stir up (emotions)
• 燎to burn; to set afire
• 缭to wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 寥empty; lonesome; very few
• 潦used in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 獠fierce; hunt; name of a tribe
• 嘹used in 嘹亮
• 鹩eastern wren