聊
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(coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly; (literary) to depend upon
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,992 U+804A
How 聊 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
耳 (semantic, “ear”) + 卯 (phonetic, mǎo)
How to remember it
chat · Heisig RSH #1109
耳 ear + letter opener
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卯
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卯 (mǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卯 sound component | mǎo | 4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m. |
| 柳 | liǔ | willow tree; pleasure; surname |
| 贸 | mào | commerce, trade |
| 铆 | mǎo | rivet |
| 昴 | mǎo | one of the 28 constellations |
| 茆 | mǎo | water mallow |
| 峁 | mǎo | yellow dirt mount |
| 泖 | mǎo | still water; a river in Jiangsu province |
Words containing 聊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 民不聊生 | mín bù liáo shēng | (idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记… |
| 聊表心意 | liáo biǎo xīn yì | (idiom) to offer as a small token of one's feelings |
| 聊天儿 | liáo tiān r | erhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1] |
| 聊城市 | Liáo chéng Shì | Liaocheng, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3] |
| 聊备一格 | liáo bèi yī gé | to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal |
| 聊胜于无 | liáo shèng yú wú | better than nothing (idiom) |
| 聊天室 | liáo tiān shì | chat room |
| 百无聊赖 | bǎi wú liáo lài | (idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom |
| 聊以塞责 | liáo yǐ sè zé | in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities; in order to get off the hook |
| 聊表寸心 | liáo biǎo cùn xīn | see 聊表心意[liao2 biao3 xin1 yi4] |
| 聊生 | liáo shēng | to earn a living (esp. with negative) |
| 无聊 | wú liáo | bored; boring; senseless |
| 聊天 | liáo tiān | to chat; to gossip |
| 闲聊天 | xián liáo tiān | to chat; idle gossip |
| 聊城 | Liáo chéng | see 聊城市[Liao2 cheng2 Shi4] |
| 聊以解闷 | liáo yǐ jiě mèn | to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent |
| 聊以 | liáo yǐ | to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some e… |
| 聊以自慰 | liáo yǐ zì wèi | to find some consolation (idiom); to find relief in |
| 群聊 | qún liáo | (computing) group chat; to have a group chat |
| 聊斋志异 | Liáo zhāi Zhì yì | Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 lin… |