1234567891011
Keyword
to chat
  • somewhat
  • slightly
  • at least
Frequency
#1376
Strokes
11
Readings
liáo100%
Mnemonic
耳 (ear) gives the meaning and 卯 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
聊天liáotiān
to chat; to gossip
无聊wúliáo
bored; boring; senseless
聊liáo
(coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly; (literary) to depend upon
闲聊xiánliáo
to chat; casual conversation
裸聊luǒliáo
to chat naked (online)
聊城市LiáochéngShì
Liaocheng, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山东省 (ShāndōngShěng)
民不聊生mínbùliáoshēng
(idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian 史记 (Shǐjì))
聊斋志异LiáozhāiZhìyì
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄 (PúSōnglíng)
私聊sīliáo
(computing) to chat privately; private chat
百无聊赖bǎiwúliáolài
(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
聊骚liáosāo
to chat flirtatiously
聊以自慰liáoyǐzìwèi
to find some consolation (idiom); to find relief in
聊胜于无liáoshèngyúwú
better than nothing (idiom)
群聊qúnliáo
(computing) group chat; to have a group chat
聊以liáoyǐ
to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent
陪聊péiliáo
to keep sb company for a chat; (esp.) to be a paid escort
聊表心意liáobiǎoxīnyì
(idiom) to offer as a small token of one's feelings
聊生liáoshēng
to earn a living (esp. with negative)
聊备一格liáobèiyīgé
to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal