"聊" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Prononciation
Mandarin liáo
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Pinyin liao2
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SJHHL
尸十竹竹中
Sijiao 1712.0
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CNS 11643 1-5C66
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 liáo to chat / to depend upon (literary) / temporarily / just / slightly
Results beginning with 聊
 liáo tiān to chat / to gossip
 liáo bèi to provide as expedient / to use temporarily as / to make shift
 Liáo chéng Liaocheng prefecture-level city in Shandong
 liáo lài to suffer tedium
 liáo qiě for the time being / tentatively
 liáo shēng to earn a living (esp. with negative)
 liáo xù to speak tentatively
 liáo yǐ to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent
 liáo tiān shì chat room
 liáo tiān r erhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1]
 Liáo chéng shì Liaocheng prefecture-level city in Shandong
 liáo yǐ zì wèi to find some consolation (idiom) / to find relief in
 liáo bèi yī gé to use as a stopgap / to give perfunctory recognition / token / nominal
 liáo biǎo cùn xīn (of a gift) to be a small token of one's feelings
 liáo shèng yú wú better than nothing (idiom)
 liáo yǐ sè zé in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities / in order to get off the hook
 Liáo chéng dì qū Liaocheng prefecture in Shandong
 liáo yǐ jiě mèn to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent
 Liáo zhāi Zhì yì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2]
Approximate Results for 聊
 wú liáo bored / boring / senseless
 xián liáo to chat / casual conversation
 luǒ liáo to chat naked (online)
 péi liáo to keep sb company for a chat / (esp.) to be a paid escort
 gà liáo (Internet slang) awkward conversation / to have a cringeworthy conversation
 qún liáo (computing) group chat / to have a group chat
 sī liáo (computing) to chat privately / private chat
 wú liáo lóng Borogovia
 xián liáo tiān to chat / idle gossip
 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by
 bǎi wú liáo lài bored to death (idiom) / bored stiff / overcome with boredom
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