liáo

Translation

  • to chat
  • to depend upon (literary)
  • temporarily
  • just
  • slightly

Synonyms

Examples

  • 我们了一会儿。
    We had a chat for a while.
  • 别闲了,开始工作。
    Cut the chit-chat and get to work.
  • 胜于无、有比没有好。
    Half a loaf is better than none.
  • 我没有朋友可以天。
    I have no friend to talk with.
  • 有时候,我不得不读一些无的小说。
    Sometimes I have to read boring novels.
  • 我和她得很愉快。
    I had a nice chat with her.
  • Nancy正在和她的朋友们天。
    Nancy is having a chat with her friends.
  • 这部电影很无,最好的部分是结局。
    This film is really boring - the best bit is when it finishes.
  • 我起初觉得广播体操很无,但是现在却喜欢上了。
    At the beginning, I was bored with radio gymnastics, but now I do not dislike it.
  • 我们一直天直到天明。
    We talked and talked until the day broke.
Chinese Tones