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
- 㗦, 𣼾, 𣘪, 𦺹, 𥲊, 㟹, 𡼅, 𥕡, 𠖛, 𡪉, 窷
References
- KangXi: 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 | |
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| simp. # | 聊 | |
| 2nd round simp. | ⿰⿻二⿰丨丨了 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (卯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| 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, OC *m·rɯːw) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 卯 (OC *mruːʔ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
聊
- to chat
- 你和他聊了些什麼？ [MSC, trad.]
- Nǐ hé tā liáo le xiē shénme? [Pinyin]
- What did you chat with him about?
你和他聊了些什么？ [MSC, simp.]- 不聊了，我要睡覺了。 [MSC, trad.]
- Bù liáo le, wǒ yào shuìjiào le. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
不聊了，我要睡觉了。 [MSC, simp.]
- (formal) to rely on
- 民不聊生 ― mínbùliáoshēng ― the masses live in dire poverty
- (literary, or in compounds) somewhat; slightly; at least
- 聊勝於無／聊胜于无 ― liáoshèngyúwú ― slightly better than nothing
- (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):
Dialectal synonyms of 閒談 (“to chat”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聊, 閒談, 聊天, 談天, 閒聊, 攀談, 扯 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 聊天兒, 拉呱, 拉呱兒, 嘮嗑兒, 扯句兒 |
| Taiwan | 聊天 | |
| Tianjin | 搭咯 | |
| Tangshan | 聊天兒, 談天 | |
| Cangzhou | 聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 說閒話兒 | |
| Baoding | 聊天兒, 說話兒 | |
| Shijiazhuang | 談天 | |
| Chifeng | 聊天, 嘮嗑兒 | |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒 | |
| Harbin | 閒拉, 閒扯, 嘮嗑兒 | |
| Shenyang | 聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮嗑, 閒扯, 瞎聊 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 拉呱兒 | |
| Qingdao | 拉呱, 拉呱兒 | |
| Jinan | 拉呱兒, 拉拉, 拉, 聊天兒 | |
| Luoyang | 談天兒, 聊天兒, 說閒話兒, 扯卵蛋, 拍話兒 | |
| Wanrong | 閒諞 | |
| Zhengzhou | 說閒話兒 | |
| Xi'an | 聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 拉閒話, 諞閒傳, 諞 | |
| Yinchuan | 扯磨, 諞閒傳, 𠷨, 閒諞 | |
| Lanzhou | 聊天, 扯閒談, 喧官, 諞傳, 諞閒傳, 諞乾傳, 閒諞, 諞 | |
| Xining | 喧話, 喧板, 諞傳, 諞, 扯雜, 扯乾蛋 | |
| Ürümqi | 閒扯, 喧荒, 閒諞, 諞傳子, 諞, 喧 | |
| Wuhan | 談天, 閒扯, 談家常, 聒天, 閒聒 | |
| Chengdu | 擺龍門陣, 擺談, 擺, 衝殼子, 吹殼子 | |
| Chongqing | 吹牛兒, 擺龍門陣, 吹空老靠 | |
| Guiyang | 擺龍門陣, 衝殼子, 吹殼子, 衝牛殼, 吹牛殼, 吹牛, 閒扯 | |
| Kunming | 聊天, 談天, 扯閒, 衝殼子, 譜賓白 | |
| Guilin | 談板路, 聒聊天 | |
| Liuzhou | 聒聊天, 扯大炮, 傾偈, 聊天, 扯淡, 講嘴 | |
| Xuzhou | 聊天兒, 拉呱兒, 閒侃, 閒扯 | |
| Yangzhou | 聊天, 談天, 談心, 閒扯, 吹牛, 吹, 沰談話 | |
| Nanjing | 聊天, 閒扯, 聒白, 聒聒, 聒聒白, 拉呱, 吹 | |
| Hefei | 閒談, 聒淡, 聒聒 | |
| Nantong | 聊天, 講閒話, 閒談, 扯呱 | |
| Singapore | 談天 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 傾偈, 打牙骹, 黐牙音 |
| Hong Kong | 傾偈, 打牙骹, 吹水 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 打牙交 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 傾偈 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 傾偈 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 | |
| Macau | 傾偈 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 傾偈 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 傾偈 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 傾偈 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 | |
| Foshan | 傾偈 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 講時聞, 傾偈 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 傾偈 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 傾偈 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 傾偈 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 傾偈 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 傾偈 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 傾偈 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 傾偈 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 傾偈 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 傾偈 | |
| Taishan | 傾偈 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 傾偈 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 傾偈 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 傾偈 | |
| Dongguan | 傾偈, 打牙骹 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 | |
| Yangjiang | 講嘴, 傾偈, 傾 | |
| Xinyi | 傾 | |
| Nanning | 傾偈 | |
| Wuzhou | 傾偈 | |
| Yulin | 傾偈, 車大炮 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 傾偈, 傾低, 車大炮 | |
| Beihai | 傾偈, 傾一傾 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 傾偈 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 傾 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 傾偈 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 傾偈 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 傾偈 | |
| Móng Cái | 傾偈 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 談坨, 談天 |
| Lichuan | 話閒事, 學事 | |
| Pingxiang | 打閒講 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 閒談, 講閒談, 講牙蛇 |
| Xingning | 講閒談 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 傾偈 | |
| Huiyang | 打牙花 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 講閒話 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 打牙骹 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 打牙花 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 傾偈 | |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 閒尞 | |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) | 講閒談, 講仙天 | |
| Wuhua (Changbu) | 講閒談 | |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) | 閒談 | |
| Wuhua (Meilin) | 喥牙談, 講嘴哩 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 講閒談 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 閒談 | |
| Changting | 講閒談 | |
| Wuping | 講閒談 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 講閒談 | |
| Ninghua | 聊天 | |
| Yudu | 吵天, 打吱喳 | |
| Ruijin | 嘈閒天 | |
| Shicheng | 談閒天 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 講閒天 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 答嘴鼓, 答詑 | |
| Hong Kong | 講水古 | |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) | 車大炮 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 傾偈, 車大炮 | |
| Singkawang | 尞 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 談天, 聒談 |
| Shexian | 談天, 談心 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 倒楔 |
| Xinzhou | 閒扯, 圪扯, 閒叨拉, 閒拍達, 閒拉呱, 叨拉, 拍達, 拉呱, 胡叨拉 | |
| Linhe | 拉話, 閒拍 | |
| Jining | 瞎聊 | |
| Hohhot | 搗拉, 拉呱 | |
| Zhangjiakou | 拉閒話 | |
| Handan | 聊天兒, 談天 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 冇講, 講故事 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 攀講, 講症 |
| Fuqing | 攀講 | |
| Matsu | 攀講 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 拍拉涼, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪牙, 練㾪話, 練戇話 |
| Quanzhou | 冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練㾪話 | |
| Zhangzhou | 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪話 | |
| Taipei | 開講, 答喙鼓, 敲虎𡳞 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞 | |
| Kaohsiung | 破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞 | |
| Yilan | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 畫虎𡳞 | |
| Taichung | 開講, 破豆 | |
| Tainan | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 | |
| Hsinchu | 開講 | |
| Kinmen | 答喙鼓, 開講 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 傾偈 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 敲嘓, 傾偈 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 講古 | |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) | 傾偈 | |
| Chaozhou | 詖閒話 | |
| Shantou | 䛩奅 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 敲嘓, 詖涼詖熱 | |
| Leizhou | 講四方, 講善喻, 傾談 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 傾偈 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 傾偈 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 聊天 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 講張, 茄山河 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 講神 | |
| Suzhou | 講張 | |
| Danyang | 談閒 | |
| Hangzhou | 談天 | |
| Ningbo | 講大道, 講聊天, 談山海經 | |
| Wenzhou | 講閒談 | |
| Jinhua | 談天 | |
| Jinhua (Tangxi) | 講白搭 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扯閒談, 扯談, 扯經, 扯粟殼 |
| Xiangtan | 扯談 | |
| Loudi | 談天, 談平, 打講, 打平講, 扯談 | |
| Shuangfeng | 扯談, 打講 | |
| Quanzhou | 談白, 聊天 | |
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Japanese
Kanji
聊
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- slightly
Readings
- Go-on: りょう (ryō)←れう (reu, historical)
- Kan-on: りょう (ryō)←れう (reu, historical)
- Kun: いささか (isasaka, 聊か)
Korean
Hanja
聊 • (ryo, yo) (hangeul 료, 요)
- somewhat
- slightly, at least
Vietnamese
Han character
聊: Hán Nôm readings: liêu
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