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燎

liáo

Character

What 燎 means

1. to burn
2. to set afire

Other readings

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

• liǎoto singe

Words starting with 燎

• 燎原liáo yuánto start a prairie fire
• 燎泡liáo pàoblister (caused by burns)

Words containing 燎

• 火燎huǒ liáoto singe; to scorch
• 火烧火燎huǒ shāo huǒ liǎorestless with anxiety; to feel unbearably painful or hot
• 烟熏火燎yān xūn huǒ liǎosmoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke
• 星星之火，可以燎原xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuána single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive…
• 心急火燎xīn jí huǒ liǎosee 心急如焚

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
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 獠liáofierce; hunt; name of a tribe

Characters that look like 燎

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

• 瞭liàoto watch from a height or distance
• 赡shànto support; to provide for
• 缭liáoto wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 镫dèngstirrup
• 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)
• 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