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liáo
HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. to chat
  2. 2. to depend upon (literary)
  3. 3. temporarily
  4. 4. just
  5. 5. slightly

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6015342)

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Words Containing 聊

聊以
liáo yǐ

to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent

聊胜于无
liáo shèng yú wú

better than nothing (idiom)

陪聊
péi liáo

to keep sb company for a chat

闲聊
xián liáo

to chat

百无聊赖
bǎi wú liáo lài

bored to death (idiom)

尬聊
gà liáo

(Internet slang) awkward conversation

聊备一格
liáo bèi yī gé

to use as a stopgap

聊城市
liáo chéng shì

Liaocheng prefecture-level city in Shandong

群聊
qún liáo

(computing) group chat; to have a group chat

民不聊生
mín bù liáo shēng

The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[shǐ jì])

聊且
liáo qiě

for the time being; tentatively

私聊
sī liáo

(computing) to chat privately; private chat

裸聊
luǒ liáo

to chat naked (online)

闲聊天
xián liáo tiān

to chat

聊生
liáo shēng

to earn a living (esp. with negative)

聊城
liáo chéng

Liaocheng prefecture-level city in Shandong

聊天室
liáo tiān shì

chat room

聊赖
liáo lài

to suffer tedium

聊城地区
liáo chéng dì qū

Liaocheng prefecture in Shandong

聊天
liáo tiān

to chat

聊表寸心
liáo biǎo cùn xīn

(of a gift) to be a small token of one's feelings

聊以自慰
liáo yǐ zì wèi

to find some consolation (idiom)

聊备
liáo bèi

to provide as expedient

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[pú sōng líng]

聊叙
liáo xù

to speak tentatively

无聊
wú liáo

bored

聊以解闷
liáo yǐ jiě mèn

to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent

聊以塞责
liáo yǐ sè zé

in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities