Dictionary › 缭

缭

liáo

Character Traditional 繚

What 缭 means

1. to wind round
2. to sew with slanting stitches

Words starting with 缭

• 缭绕liáo rào(of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward; (of a sound) to linger on
• 缭乱liáo luàndazzled; confused
• 缭边儿liáo biān rto stitch a hem

Words containing 缭

• 眼花缭乱yǎn huā liáo luànto be dazzled
• 尉缭Wèi LiáoWei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor…
• 尉缭子Wèi Liáo ziWei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书

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)
• 镣liàofetters; leg-irons; shackles
• 寮liáohut; shack; small window
• 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 缭

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

• 穆mùsolemn; reverent; calm
• 僚liáobureaucrat; colleague
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire
• 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)
• 燎to burn; to set afire
• 僚bureaucrat; colleague
• 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