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寥

liáo

Character

What 寥 means

1. empty
2. lonesome
3. very few

Example sentences

• 值得观看的电视节目寥寥无几。
  Zhíde guānkàn de diànshìjiémù liáoliáowújǐ.
  Only a few TV programs are worth watching.

Words starting with 寥

• 寥寥liáo liáovery few
• 寥寥无几liáo liáo wú jǐ(idiom) very few
• 寥落liáo luòsparse; few and far between
• 寥廓liáo kuò(literary) vast; boundless
• 寥寥可数liáo liáo kě shǔ(idiom) very few
• 寥若晨星liáo ruò chén xīngrare as morning stars (idiom); few and far between; sparse

Words containing 寥

• 寂寥jì liáo(literary) quiet and desolate; lonely; vast and empty

Characters built on 翏

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

• 廖Liàosurname Liao
• 蓼liǎopolygonum; smartweed

Characters that look like 寥

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

• 赛sàito compete; competition; match
• 墨mòink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the…
• 翠cuìbluish-green; green jade
• 霉méimold; mildew; to become moldy
• 篓lǒubasket
• 箩luóbasket

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
• 僚bureaucrat; colleague
• 缭to wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 潦used in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 獠fierce; hunt; name of a tribe
• 嘹used in 嘹亮
• 鹩eastern wren