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寮

liáo

Character

What 寮 means

1. hut
2. shack
3. small window
4. variant of {僚|liáo}

Other readings

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

• LiáoLaos

Words starting with 寮

• 寮国Liáo guóLaos (Tw)
• 寮屋liáo wūsquatter shacks
• 寮房liáo fánghut; simple dwelling; monk's hut

Words containing 寮

• 工寮gōng liáo(Taiwan) (on-site) workers' dormitory hut; workers' shed
• 糖寮táng liáosugar mill

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.

• 僚liáobureaucrat; colleague
• 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
• 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 寮

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

• 察cháto examine; to inquire; to observe
• 餐cānmeal; to eat; classifier for meals
• 麽mótiny; insignificant
• 蔡Càisurname Cai
• 窿lóngcavity; hole
• 獒áo(bound form) mastiff

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
• 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
• 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