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潦

liáo

Character

What 潦 means

1. used in {潦草|liáo cǎo}
2. used in {潦倒|liáo dǎo}

Other readings

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

• lǎoflooded; heavy rain

Example sentences

• 他年轻的时候穷困潦倒。
  Tā niánqīng de shíhou qióngkùn liǎodǎo.
  He was terribly poor when he was young.
• 谢谢你在我贫困潦倒之时借给我$500。
  Xièxie nǐ zài wǒ pínkùn liáodǎo zhī shí jiègěi wǒ $500.
  Thank you very much for lending me $500 when I was having difficulty making ends meet.

Words starting with 潦

• 潦倒liáo dǎodown on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated
• 潦草liáo cǎoslipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible

Words containing 潦

• 穷困潦倒qióng kùn liáo dǎo(idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope
• 穷愁潦倒qióng chóu liáo dǎoimpoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless
• 贫穷潦倒pín qióng liáo dǎodestitute; poverty-stricken

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
• 寮liáohut; shack; small window
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire
• 獠liáofierce; hunt; name of a tribe

Characters that look like 潦

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

• 遭zāoto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
• 慢mànslow
• 澄chéngclear; limpid; to clarify
• 僚liáobureaucrat; colleague
• 缭liáoto wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire

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
• 寥empty; lonesome; very few
• 獠fierce; hunt; name of a tribe
• 嘹used in 嘹亮
• 鹩eastern wren