聊 (liu4 | liao2) : slightly; tentatively; depend on; chat

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聊

liu4

liao2

[1] [adv] slightly; just a little
[2] [adv] tentatively; for the moment
[3] [v] [literary] depend on; rely on
[4] [v] chat; gab; chew the fat

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 耳 (#128)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

聊

This word has been viewed 4382 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Nov 2010 04:13

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聊天 liu4 tin1 liao2 tian1 = chat 國

無聊 mou4 liu4 wu2 liao2 = boring; nonsense

無無聊聊 mou4 mou4 liu4 liu4 wu2 wu2 liao2 liao2 = being idle

聊天兒 liu4 tin1 ji4 liao2 tian1 er5 = to chat 國

聊天室 liu4 tin1 sat1 liao2 tian1 shi4 = chat room

無聊之至 mou4 liu4 zi1 zi3 wu2 liao2 zhi1 zhi4 = utterly boring

百無聊賴 baak3 mou4 liu4 laai6 bai3 wu2 liao3 lai4 = utterly bored

聊城 liu4 sing4 liao2 cheng2 = Liaocheng (city in Shandong)

聊城地區 liu4 sing4 dei6 keoi1 liao2 cheng2 di4 qu1 = Liaocheng district (district in Shandong)

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真係無聊，我唔想玩落去啦！粵
You're being ridiculous, I don't want to mess around any more.
[Lit. really nonsense, I not want play-continue [particle]. 落去 has the meaning of "continue" here and may be suffixed to many verbs.]

佢成日喺度寫埋晒啲無聊嘢﹐我都費事睇。粵
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 聊
Unicode code for this character: U+804a (off-site link)

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