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撂

liào

Character

What 撂 means

1. to put down
2. to leave behind
3. to throw or knock down
4. to abandon or discard

Words starting with 撂

• 撂倒liào dǎoto knock down; to mow down
• 撂地liào dì(of folk artists) to give a performance at a temple fair or on the street etc
• 撂挑子liào tiāo zi(colloquial) to quit one's job in disgust
• 撂地摊liào dì tānsee 撂地

Characters that look like 撂

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

• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 溶róngto dissolve; soluble
• 撑chēngto support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole
• 瘟wēnepidemic; pestilence; plague; (fig.) stupid; dull; (of a performance) lackluster
• 撮cuōto pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips; to scoop up; to collect together

Sounds the same

Read liào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 料material; stuff; grain
• 镣fetters; leg-irons; shackles
• 了unofficial variant of 瞭
• 瞭to watch from a height or distance
• 尥to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)
• 廖surname Liao
• 钌see 钌铞儿; Taiwan pr. liǎo