聊 (liáo) — Chinese Character

聊

liáo

to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly

Radical: 耳 HSK 6 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

聊 decomposes into the following components:

耳卯

Semantic component: 耳; phonetic component: 卯.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 聊.

尬聊

gà liáo

无聊

wú liáo

bored

私聊

sī liáo

群聊

qún liáo

聊且

liáo qiě

for the time being

聊以

liáo yǐ

聊叙

liáo xù

to speak tentatively

聊城

liáo chéng

Liaocheng prefecture level city in Shandong

聊备

liáo bèi

聊天

liáo tiān

to chat

聊生

liáo shēng

to earn a living (esp. with negative)

聊赖

liáo lài

to suffer tedium

Characters that share the radical 耳.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.