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聊

liáo

HSK 3 Character

What 聊 means

1. colloquialto chat
2. literarytemporarily; for a while
3. literarysomewhat; slightly
4. literaryto depend upon

Example sentences

• 无聊。
  I'm bored.
• 好无聊。
  I am bored.
• 和你闲聊。
  Hé nǐ xiánliáo.
  I am chatting with you.
• 聊胜于无。
  Liáoshèngyúwú.
  Something is better than nothing.
• 他们在聊天。
  They're chatting.
• 这太无聊了。
  This is so boring.

Words starting with 聊

• 聊天liáo tiānto chat; to gossip
• 聊天室liáo tiān shìchat room
• 聊且liáo qiěfor the time being; tentatively
• 聊以liáo yǐto use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some…
• 聊备liáo bèito provide on a makeshift basis; to use temporarily as
• 聊叙liáo xùto speak tentatively
• 聊生liáo shēngto earn a living (esp. with negative)
• 聊赖liáo làito suffer tedium
• 聊城市Liáo chéng ShìLiaocheng, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山东省
• 聊以塞责liáo yǐ sè zéin order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities; in order to get off the hook
• 聊胜于无liáo shèng yú wúbetter than nothing (idiom)
• 聊表心意liáo biǎo xīn yì(idiom) to offer as a small token of one's feelings
• 聊骚liáo sāoto chat flirtatiously
• 聊以自慰liáo yǐ zì wèito find some consolation (idiom); to find relief in
• 聊以解闷liáo yǐ jiě mènto use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent
• 聊斋志异Liáo zhāi Zhì yìStrange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄
• 聊备一格liáo bèi yī géto use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal
• 聊城Liáo chéngsee 聊城市
• 聊天儿liáo tiān rerhua variant of 聊天
• 聊表寸心liáo biǎo cùn xīnsee 聊表心意

Words containing 聊

• 无聊wú liáobored; boring; senseless
• 闲聊xián liáoto chat; casual conversation
• 百无聊赖bǎi wú liáo lài(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
• 民不聊生mín bù liáo shēng(idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian 史记
• 私聊sī liáo(computing) to chat privately; private chat
• 群聊qún liáo(computing) group chat; to have a group chat
• 闲聊天xián liáo tiānto chat; idle gossip
• 陪聊péi liáoto keep sb company for a chat; (esp.) to be a paid escort
• 裸聊luǒ liáoto chat naked (online)
• 尬聊gà liáo(slang) awkward conversation; to have a cringeworthy conversation

Characters that look like 聊

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

• 街jiēstreet
• 御yù(bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage…
• 耕gēngto plow; to till
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 腑fǔinternal organs
• 赈zhènto provide relief; to aid

Sounds the same

Read liáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 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
• 潦used in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 獠fierce; hunt; name of a tribe
• 嘹used in 嘹亮
• 鹩eastern wren