聊 (liáo)

to chat

How 聊 is written

Strokes
11
Radical
耳 — ear
Traditional
聊
Simplified
聊 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 聊

無聊 wúliáo
bored; boring; senseless
聊天 liáotiān
to chat; to gossip
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[Shi3 ji4]); no way of getting by
百無聊賴 bǎiwúliáolài
bored to death (idiom); bored stiff; overcome with boredom
聊且 liáoqiě
for the time being; tentatively
聊城 liáochéng
Liaocheng prefecture level city in Shandong
聊城市 liáochéngshì
Liaocheng prefecture level city in Shandong
聊天兒 liáotiānr
erhua variant of 聊天, to chat
聊天室 liáotiānshì
chat room
聊生 liáoshēng
to earn a living (esp. with negative)
聊賴 liáolài
to suffer tedium
聊齋志異 liáozhāizhìyì
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 song1 ling2]

聊 in a sentence

我們找個時間喝咖啡聊一聊吧。

Wǒmen zhǎo ge shíjiān hē kāfēi liáo yì liáo ba.

“Let's find a time to have coffee and chat.”

How common is 聊?

聊 is the 1,929th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.9% of all running text.

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