聊

liáo

“To chat” in Chinese is 聊 (liáo).

Other characters with the syllable liao: see all 6 →

Meaning

(coll.) to chat
(literary) temporarily; for a while
(literary) somewhat; slightly

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(literary) to depend upon

Example

这太无聊了。

This is so boring.

From 无聊 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Words containing 聊

无聊wúliáoboredHSK 4 聊天儿liáotiānrerhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1]HSK 6

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