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辽

liáo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 遼

What 辽 means

1. bound formdistant; faraway

Other readings

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

• Liáoshort name for Liaoning {辽宁|Liáo níng} province; Liao or Khitan dynasty (916-1125)

Example sentences

• 巴西是一个幅员辽阔的国家。
  Brazil is a huge country.
• 中国幅员辽阔,因而茶的品种繁多。
  China's territory is vast, thus the types of tea vary.
• 不论黑暗如何辽阔，我们都必须提供自身的光明。
  Bù lùn hēi'àn rúhé liáokuò, wǒmen dōu bìxū tígōng zìshēn de guāngmíng.
  However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
• 鸭绿江位于中朝边界，是中国辽宁省与北韩之间的重要界河。
  The Yalu River is located on the China–North Korea border and is an important boundary river between Liaoning Province in China and North Korea.

Words starting with 辽

• 辽阔liáo kuòvast; extensive
• 辽宁省Liáo níng ShěngLiaoning Province, capital Shenyang 沈阳市
• 辽东Liáo dōngLiaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea; east and south of Liaoning province…
• 辽史Liáo shǐHistory of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
• 辽河Liáo HéLiao River of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning
• 辽海Liáo hǎieast and south of Liaoning province
• 辽西liáo xīwest of Liaoning
• 辽远liáo yuǎndistant; faraway; remote
• 辽金Liáo JīnLiao and Jin dynasties, namely: Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125) and Jurchen Jin dynasty…
• 辽中区Liáo zhōng QūLiaozhong, a district of Shenyang City 沈阳市
• 辽宁号Liáo níng HàoLiaoning, the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the PLA Navy (commissioned in 2012)
• 辽源市Liáo yuán ShìLiaoyuan, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省
• 辽阳市Liáo yáng ShìLiaoyang, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省
• 辽阳县Liáo yáng XiànLiaoyang, a county in Liaoyang City 辽阳市
• 辽宁大学Liáo níng Dà xuéLiaoning University
• 辽东半岛Liáo dōng Bàn dǎoLiaodong Peninsula
• 辽沈战役Liáo shěn Zhàn yìLiaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's…
• 辽宁古盗鸟Liáo níng gǔ dào niǎoArchaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province)
• 辽宁Liáo níngsee 辽宁省
• 辽阳Liáo yángsee 辽阳市; see 辽阳县
• 辽中Liáo zhōngsee 辽中区
• 辽源Liáo yuánsee 辽源市

Words containing 辽

• 西辽Xī LiáoWestern Liao, Khitan kingdom of central Asia 1132-1218
• 东辽县Dōng liáo XiànDongliao, a county in Liaoyuan City 辽源市
• 柏辽兹Bó liáo zīHector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique
• 通辽市Tōng liáo ShìTongliao, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 内蒙古自治区
• 双辽市Shuāng liáo ShìShuangliao, a county-level city in Siping City 四平市
• 松辽平原Sōng liáo Píng yuánSongliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 through the Liaoning…
• 司马辽太郎Sī mǎ Liáo tài lángSHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
• 埃克托·柏辽兹Āi kè tuō · Bó liáo zīHector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique
• 东辽Dōng liáosee 东辽县
• 通辽Tōng liáosee 通辽市
• 双辽Shuāng liáosee 双辽市

Characters that look like 辽

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

• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 迈màito take a step; to stride
• 汲jíto draw (water)
• 迂yūliteral-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire

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
• 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