 | 聊 | ||
| somewhat, slightly, at least | |||
| Radical | 耳 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading |
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Cantonese reading | liu4 |
| Japanese on reading | ryou | Japanese kun reading | isasaka |
| Korean reading | lyo | Vietnamese reading | |
| 聊 | [ ] to chat, to depend upon (literary), temporarily, just, slightly |
| 聊且 | [ qiě ] for the time being, tentatively |
| 聊以 | [ yǐ ] to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent |
| 聊以塞責 | [ yǐ sè zé ] in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities, in order to get off the hook |
| 聊以自慰 | [ yǐ zì weì ] to find some consolation (idiom), to find relief in |
| 聊以解悶 | [ yǐ jiě mèn ] to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent |
| 聊備 | [ beì ] to provide as expedient, to use temporarily as, to make shift |
| 聊備一格 | [ beì yī gé ] to use as a stopgap, to give perfunctory recognition, token, nominal |
| 聊勝於無 | [ shèng yú wú ] better than nothing (idiom) |
| 聊城 | [ chéng ] Liaocheng prefecture-level city in Shandong |
| 聊城地區 | [ chéng dì qū ] Liaocheng prefecture in Shandong |
| 聊城市 | [ chéng shì ] Liaocheng prefecture-level city in Shandong |
| 聊天 | [ tiān ] to chat, to gossip |
| 聊天兒 | [ tiān ] erhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1] |
| 聊天室 | [ tiān shì ] chat room |
| 聊敘 | [ xù ] to speak tentatively |
| 聊生 | [ shēng ] to earn a living (esp. with negative) |
| 聊表寸心 | [ cùn xīn ] (of a gift) to be a small token of one's feelings |
| 聊賴 | [ laì ] to suffer tedium |
| 聊齋志異 | [ zhaī zhì yì ] Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2] |
| ⇒ 尬聊 | [ gà ] (Internet slang) awkward conversation, to have a cringeworthy conversation |
| ⇒ 民不聊生 | [ mín bù shēng ] The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]), no way of getting by |
| ⇒ 無聊 | [ wú ] bored, boring, senseless |
| ⇒ 百無聊賴 | [ baǐ wú laì ] bored to death (idiom), bored stiff, overcome with boredom |
| ⇒ 裸聊 | [ luǒ ] to chat naked (online) |
| ⇒ 閑聊天 | [ xián tiān ] to chat, idle gossip |
| ⇒ 閒聊 | [ xián ] to chat, casual conversation |
| ⇒ 陪聊 | [ peí ] to keep sb company for a chat, (esp.) to be a paid escort |