聊
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(coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly; (literary) to depend upon
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 耳 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 聊
- Common rank
- #1,992
- Unicode
- U+804A
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Formation & memory
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Words with 聊
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 民不聊生 | (idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记… | |
| 聊表心意 | (idiom) to offer as a small token of one's feelings | |
| 聊天儿 | erhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1] | |
| 聊城市 | Liaocheng, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3] | |
| 聊备一格 | to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal | |
| 聊胜于无 | better than nothing (idiom) | |
| 聊天室 | chat room | |
| 百无聊赖 | (idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom | |
| 聊以塞责 | in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities; in order to get off the hook | |
| 聊表寸心 | see 聊表心意[liao2 biao3 xin1 yi4] | |
| 聊生 | to earn a living (esp. with negative) | |
| 无聊 | bored; boring; senseless | |
| 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | |
| 闲聊天 | to chat; idle gossip | |
| 聊城 | see 聊城市[Liao2 cheng2 Shi4] | |
| 聊以解闷 | to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent | |
| 聊以 | to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some e… | |
| 聊以自慰 | to find some consolation (idiom); to find relief in | |
| 群聊 | (computing) group chat; to have a group chat | |
| 聊斋志异 | Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 lin… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卯 — compare how they read.