聊

On the HSK 3 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A2.

liáo ㄌㄧㄠˊ

    • to chat

      coll.

    • temporarily for a while

      literary

    • somewhat slightly

      literary

    • to depend upon

      literary

Classifiers (measure words)

Usually

Less often

Other words read liáo

In the same tone

  • 辽 liáo distant
  • 寮 liáo hut
  • 撩 liáo tease
  • 疗 liáo treat
  • 僚 liáo bureaucrat

All 22 words read liáo

liao with other tones

  • 了 liǎo finish
  • 料 liào material
  • 廖 liào surname Liao
  • 撂 liào put down
  • 镣 liào fetters

All 33 words read liao in any tone

Other words read liáo

In the same tone

  • 遼 liáo distant
  • 寮 liáo hut
  • 撩 liáo tease
  • 療 liáo treat
  • 僚 liáo bureaucrat

All 22 words read liáo

liao with other tones

  • 了 liǎo finish
  • 料 liào material
  • 廖 liào surname Liao
  • 撂 liào put down
  • 鐐 liào fetters

All 33 words read liao in any tone

How 聊 is written

    部首 radical
    耳
    笔画 strokes
    11, with 5 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    耳卯
    形旁 meaning
    耳
    声旁 sound
    卯

    Easy to confuse with 聊

    Words with 聊

    Starting with 聊

    • 聊天 liáotiān chat
    • 聊以自慰 liáoyǐzìwèi find some consolation
    • 聊天室 liáotiānshì chat room
    • 聊斋志异 liáozhāizhìyì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄 púsōnglíng
    • 聊以 liáoyǐ use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent

    All 17 words starting with 聊

    Ending with 聊

    All 7 words ending with 聊

    Containing 聊

    Words with 聊

    Starting with 聊

    • 聊天 liáotiān chat
    • 聊以自慰 liáoyǐzìwèi find some consolation
    • 聊天室 liáotiānshì chat room
    • 聊齋志異 liáozhāizhìyì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄 púsōnglíng
    • 聊以 liáoyǐ use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent

    All 17 words starting with 聊

    Ending with 聊

    All 7 words ending with 聊

    Containing 聊

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