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HSK 3
HSK 4
聊
liáo
1.
to chat
2.
to depend upon (literary)
3.
temporarily
4.
just
5.
slightly
Very Common • Top 2%
✏️ 11 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
聊天
liáotiān
to chat
聊且
liáoqiě
for the time being
闲聊
xiánliáo
to chat
聊城
Liáochéng
Liaocheng prefecture level city in Shandong
无聊
wúliáo
bored
聊叙
liáoxù
to speak tentatively
聊生
liáoshēng
to earn a living (esp. with negative)
聊赖
liáolài
to suffer tedium
聊天室
liáotiānshì
chat room
聊城市
Liáochéngshì
Liaocheng prefecture level city in Shandong
聊天儿
liáotiānr
erhua variant of [[聊天<liáotiān>]]
闲聊天
xiánliáotiān
to chat
民不聊生
mínbùliáoshēng
The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian [[史記|史记<Shǐjì>]])
百无聊赖
bǎiwúliáolài
bored to death (idiom)
聊以塞责
liáoyǐsèzé
just to get away with one's responsibilities
聊以自慰
liáoyǐzìwèi
just to console oneself (idiom)
聊以解闷
liáoyǐjiěmèn
relaxation
聊胜于无
liáoshèngyúwú
better than nothing (idiom)
聊城地区
Liáochéngdìqū
Liaocheng prefecture in Shandong
聊斋志异
LiáozhāiZhìyì
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by [[蒲松齡|蒲松龄<PúSōnglíng>]]
Example Sentences (1)
那去公园走走，聊聊天儿吧。
Nà qù gōngyuán zǒu zǒu,liáo liáo tiānr ba.
So let’s go to the park for a walk and chat.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,931
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,269 of 84,292