聊
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Translingual
Han character
聊 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸十竹竹中 (SJHHL), four-corner 17120, composition ⿰耳卯)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 967, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29049
- Dae Jaweon: page 1415, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2787, character 7
- Unihan data for U+804A
Chinese
| trad. | 聊 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 聊 | |
| 2nd round simp. | ⿰⿻二⿰丨丨了 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 卯 | *mruːʔ |
| 昴 | *mruːʔ |
| 泖 | *mruːʔ |
| 茆 | *mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ |
| 奅 | *m̥ʰruːs |
| 窌 | *m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus |
| 聊 | *m·rɯːw |
| 貿 | *mlus |
| 鄮 | *mlus |
| 劉 | *m·ru |
| 留 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 蒥 | *m·ru |
| 鶹 | *m·ru |
| 騮 | *m·ru |
| 榴 | *m·ru |
| 瑠 | *ru |
| 瘤 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 遛 | *m·ru |
| 鎦 | *m·ru |
| 飀 | *m·ru |
| 鰡 | *m·ru |
| 嵧 | *m·ru |
| 餾 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 瀏 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 懰 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 柳 | *m·ruʔ |
| 珋 | *m·ruʔ |
| 罶 | *m·ruʔ |
| 嬼 | *m·ruʔ, *m·rus |
| 溜 | *m·rus |
| 霤 | *m·rus |
| 廇 | *m·rus |
| 塯 | *m·rus |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *m·rɯːw): semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 卯 (OC *mruːʔ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): lieu4
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): liau1
- Northern Min (KCR): liǎu
- Eastern Min (BUC): lièu
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6liau
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): liau2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
- Wade–Giles: liao2
- Yale: lyáu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
- Palladius: ляо (ljao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: niao2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liao
- Sinological IPA (key): /niau²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: liu4
- Yale: lìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: liu4
- Guangdong Romanization: liu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /liːu̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: liau3
- Sinological IPA (key): /liau²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: lieu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /liɛu³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
- Hakka Romanization System: liau
- Hagfa Pinyim: liau4
- Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: liau1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /liau¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liǎu
- Sinological IPA (key): /liau²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lièu
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃ieu⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- liao5 - Shantou;
- liou5 - Chaozhou.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: lew
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤiw/
- (Zhengzhang): /*m·rɯːw/
Definitions
聊
- to chat
- (formal) to rely on
- 民不聊生 ― mínbùliáoshēng ― the masses live in dire poverty
- (literary, or in compounds) somewhat; slightly; at least
- (literary, or in compounds) for the time being; tentatively
- 聊且 ― liáoqiě ― for the time being
- 聊乘化以歸盡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Tao Yuanming (365-427), 《歸去來辭並序》
- Liáo chéng huà yǐ guī jìn. [Pinyin]
- For the time being, I go along with nature's course when living the rest of my life.
聊乘化以归尽。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- (to chat):
- (to rely on):
- 仗恃 (zhàngshì) (literary, chiefly derogatory)
- 仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)
- 仰賴 / 仰赖 (yǎnglài)
- 依 (yī)
- 依仗 (yīzhàng)
- 依倚 (Hokkien)
- 依恃 (yīshì) (literary)
- 依歸 / 依归 (yīguī) (literary)
- 依託 / 依托 (yītuō)
- 依賴 / 依赖 (yīlài)
- 依附 (yīfù)
- 依靠 (yīkào)
- 倚仗 (yǐzhàng)
- 倚倚 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 借助 (jièzhù)
- 倚賴 / 倚赖 (yǐlài)
- 倚靠 (yǐkào)
- 寄 (jì)
- 展品棒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 怙恃 (hùshì) (literary)
- 憑 / 凭 (píng)
- 憑仗 / 凭仗 (píngzhàng)
- 憑依 / 凭依 (píngyī)
- 憑借 / 凭借 (píngjiè)
- 憑恃 / 凭恃 (píngshì)
- 憑靠 / 凭靠 (píngkào)
- 指 (zhǐ)
- 據 / 据
- 歸依 / 归依 (guīyī) (literary)
- 賴 / 赖 (lài) (literary, or in compounds only)
- (somewhat):
- 一些 (yīxiē)
- 多少 (duōshǎo)
- 小可 (Hokkien)
- 小可仔 (Hokkien)
- 微微仔 (Hokkien)
- 拉圇 / 拉囵 (Hokkien)
- 普二略 (Hokkien)
- 普其略 (Hokkien)
- 普普仔 (Hokkien)
- 有些 (yǒuxiē)
- 略事 (lüèshì) (literary)
- 略仔 (Hokkien)
- 略微 (lüèwēi)
- 略為 / 略为 (lüèwéi)
- 略略 (lüèlüè)
- 略略仔 (Hokkien)
- 稍
- 稍微 (shāowēi)
- 稍為 / 稍为 (shāowéi)
- 稍稍仔 (Hokkien)
- 粗粗 (Hakka)
- 粗粗仔 (Hakka)
- 約略 / 约略 (yuēlüè)
- 頗略仔 / 颇略仔 (Hokkien)
- 麻微 (Hokkien)
- 麻文 (Hokkien)
- (for the time being):
Compounds
- 不聊
- 人不聊生
- 何聊賴 / 何聊赖
- 椒聊
- 民不聊生 (mínbùliáoshēng)
- 海說神聊 / 海说神聊
- 無聊 / 无聊 (wúliáo)
- 無聊賴 / 无聊赖 (wúliáolài)
- 無聊透頂 / 无聊透顶
- 百無聊賴 / 百无聊赖 (bǎiwúliáolài)
- 瞎聊 (xiāliáo)
- 神聊
- 神聊大王
- 窮極無聊 / 穷极无聊
- 線上聊天 / 线上聊天
- 聊且 (liáoqiě)
- 聊以卒歲 / 聊以卒岁 (liáoyǐzúsuì)
- 聊以塞責 / 聊以塞责
- 聊以自慰
- 聊以解嘲
- 聊備一格 / 聊备一格 (liáobèiyīgé)
- 聊勝一籌 / 聊胜一筹
- 聊勝於無 / 聊胜于无 (liáoshèngyúwú)
- 聊城 (Liáochéng)
- 聊城射書 / 聊城射书
- 聊天 (liáotiān)
- 聊天區 / 聊天区
- 聊天室 (liáotiānshì)
- 聊復備數 / 聊复备数
- 聊復爾爾 / 聊复尔尔
- 聊復爾耳 / 聊复尔耳
- 聊施小計 / 聊施小计
- 聊生 (liáoshēng)
- 聊聊 (liáoliáo)
- 聊表寸心
- 聊表心意
- 聊賴 / 聊赖 (liáolài)
- 聊齋志異 / 聊斋志异
- 苦不聊生
- 閒聊 / 闲聊 (xiánliáo)
Japanese
Kanji
聊
Readings
Korean
Hanja
Vietnamese
Han character
聊: Hán Nôm readings: liêu
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