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聊天

liáo tiān

HSK 4 2-character word

What 聊天 means

1. to chat; to gossip

The characters in 聊天

• 聊liáo(colloquial) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven

Example sentences

• 他们在聊天。
  They're chatting.
• 你想聊天吗？
  Do you want to chat?
• 他们正在聊天。
  They are having a chat.
• 我没有朋友可以聊天。
  Wǒ méiyǒu péngyou kěyǐ liáotiān.
  I have no friend to talk with.
• 我在这，你想聊天吗？
  I'm here, so do you want to chat?
• 萨米去和蕾拉聊天了。
  Sami went to talk to Layla.

Words starting with 聊天

• 聊天室liáo tiān shìchat room
• 聊天儿liáo tiān rerhua variant of 聊天

Words containing 聊天

• 闲聊天xián liáo tiānto chat; idle gossip

Where 聊天 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sports & leisure (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
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