聊
liáo
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

无聊
wú liáo
  1. 1 bored
  2. 2 boring
  3. 3 senseless
聊
liáo
  1. 1 to chat
  2. 2 to depend upon (literary)
  3. 3 temporarily
  4. 4 just
  5. 5 slightly
聊天
liáo tiān
  1. 1 to chat
  2. 2 to gossip
民不聊生
mín bù liáo shēng
  1. 1 The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shǐ jì])
  2. 2 no way of getting by
百无聊赖
bǎi wú liáo lài
  1. 1 bored to death (idiom)
  2. 2 bored stiff
  3. 3 overcome with boredom

Idioms (4)

民不聊生
mín bù liáo shēng
  1. 1 The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shǐ jì])
  2. 2 no way of getting by
百无聊赖
bǎi wú liáo lài
  1. 1 bored to death (idiom)
  2. 2 bored stiff
  3. 3 overcome with boredom
聊以自慰
liáo yǐ zì wèi
  1. 1 to find some consolation (idiom)
  2. 2 to find relief in
聊胜于无
liáo shèng yú wú
  1. 1 better than nothing (idiom)

Sample Sentences

现在很多学生，上课的时候不是在打盹儿，就是在和哥们儿聊天儿，没几个好好儿听课、把老师当回事儿的。老师们看了，很不是滋味儿。
xiànzài hěnduō xuésheng ，shàngkè de shíhou búshi zài dǎdǔnr ，jiùshì zài hé gēmenr liáotiānr ，méi jǐge hǎohāor tīngkè 、bǎ lǎoshī dāng huí shìr de 。lǎoshī men kàn le ，hěn búshi zīwèier 。
Nowadays many students either take naps in class, or chat with their friends. Few of them would listen to the class carefully and take the teacher seriously. The teachers saw and felt sad about it.
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晚上驴友们一起弹吉他、唱歌、聊天，体验淳朴的生活，独自旅行的朋友在这里可以告别孤独的滋味了。
wǎnshang lǘyǒu men yīqǐ dàn jítā 、chànggē 、liáotiān ，tǐyàn chúnpǔ de shēnghuó ，dúzì lǚxíng de péngyou zài zhèlǐ kěyǐ gàobié gūdú de zīwèi le 。
In the evening, backpackers play guitar, sing, chat, and experience a simple life. Friends who travel alone can say goodbye to loneliness.
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秦宇终于松了一口气，原来是个乌龙，只是虚惊一场罢了。他趁机问了女孩儿的名字，聊了几句，原来女孩儿喜欢看话剧，同时也是个古董控，一个月前去了上海玩，在上海看了几场话剧，还去逛了一些跳蚤市场。秦宇原本想加她微信，但女孩儿说手机上周摔坏了，暂时没有手机可以用。于是他们直接约了隔天表演开场前的半小时在剧院门口碰面。
QínYǔ zhōngyú sōngleyìkǒuqì ，yuánlái shì ge wūlóng ，zhǐshì xūjīngyìchǎng bàle 。tā chènjī wèn le nǚháiēr de míngzi ，liáo le jǐ jù ，yuánlái nǚháiēr xǐhuan kàn huàjù ，tóngshí yě shì ge gǔdǒng kòng ，yīgē yuè qián qù le Shànghǎi wán ，zài Shànghǎi kàn le jǐ chǎng huàjù ，hái qù quàng le yīxiē tiàozǎoshìchǎng 。QínYǔ yuánběn xiǎng jiā tā Wēixìn ，dàn nǚháiēr shuō shǒujī shàngzhōu shuāihuài le ，zànshí méiyǒu shǒujī kěyǐ yòng 。yúshì tāmen zhíjiē yuē le gétiān biǎoyǎn kāichǎng qián de bànxiǎoshí zài jùyuàn ménkǒu pèngmiàn 。
QinYu took a load off his mind. As it turned out that it's a mistake, merely a false alarm. He seized the opportunity and asked the girl's name, chatted for a while. In fact, the girl likes to watch stage drama, and she's a big fan of antique as well. Last month, she went to visit Shanghai, watched some play there, and visited some flea market. QinYu was thinking to add her on Wechat, but the girl said that she broke her phone last week, so she doesn't have a phone. Therefore, they decided to meet in front of the theatre half an hour before the play starts the next day.
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估计是要毕业了吧，您经常陪他们聊聊天，还帮他们修东西，他们当然感激您啦。
gūjì shì yào bìyè le ba ，nín jīngcháng péi tāmen liáo liáotiān ，hái bāng tāmen Xiū dōngxi ，tāmen dāngrán gǎnjī nín la 。
I suppose they’re about to graduate soon. And because you often chat with them and even help them to repair their things, they’re of course grateful to you.
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当他把咖啡交给女孩儿，想跟女孩儿多聊两句的时候，女孩儿递了一个信封给他。
dāng tā bǎ kāfēi jiāogěi nǚháiēr ，xiǎng gēn nǚháiēr duō liáo liǎngjù de shíhou ，nǚháiēr dì le yīgē xìnfēng gěi tā 。
When he gave her the coffee, thinking to chat with her a little bit more, the girl handed over an envelope.
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相传一千多年前在中国晋朝有位叫做乐广的人，交游广阔，特别喜欢宴请朋友到家中喝酒聊天。有一次，在宴席上，乐广的一位朋友在敬酒时，看见杯子里有条小蛇在酒里蠕动，这位朋友虽然饱受惊吓，但碍于面子，不得不勉强将酒一饮而尽。回家之后，老觉得自己肚子里有条小蛇钻来钻去，越想越难受，竟然因此病倒了！
xiāngchuán yī qiān duō nián qián zài Zhōngguó Jìncháo yǒu wèi jiàozuò YuèGuǎng de rén ，jiāoyóu guǎngkuò ，tèbié xǐhuan yànqǐng péngyou dào jiā zhōng hējiǔ liáotiān 。yǒu yīcì ，zài yànxí shàng ，YuèGuǎng de yī wèi péngyou zài jìngjiǔ shí ，kànjiàn bēizi lǐ yǒu tiáo xiǎo shé zài jiǔ lǐ rúdòng ，zhè wèi péngyou suīrán bǎoshòu jīngxià ，dàn àiyú miànzi ，bùdébù miǎnqiǎng jiāng jiǔ yīyǐnérjìn 。huíjiā zhīhòu ，lǎo juéde zìjǐ dùzi lǐ yǒu tiáo xiǎo shé zuàn lái zuàn qù ，Yuè xiǎng Yuè nánshòu ，jìngrán yīncǐ bìngdǎo le ！
Legend has it, more than a thousand years ago, in the Gin dynasty of China, there was a person named Yue Guang. He has many friends, and he especially likes to invite friends to come over to have a drink and chat. Once at the banquet, a friend of Yue Guang saw a little snake wriggling in the glass while toasting. Although his friend was frightened, because of his pride, he had no choice but to force himself to drink up the wine. After he got home, he constantly felt like there’s a snake winding around in his stomach. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He even ended up falling ill because of this!
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秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.
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无聊的工作，让人很心烦。
wúliáo de gōngzuò ，ràng rén hěn xīnfán 。
Boring work is annoying.
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我的朋友们七嘴八舌地聊天。
wǒ de péngyou men qīzuǐbāshé de liáotiān 。
My friends chatted enthusiastically with everyone talking over each other.
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老板一来大家就不聊天了。
lǎobǎn yī lái dàjiā jiù bù liáotiān le 。
As soon as the boss comes everyone stops chatting.
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