聊

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 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

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *m·rɯːw) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 卯 (OC *mruːʔ).

Pronunciation

Definitions

聊

1. to chat

   你和他聊了些什麼？ [MSC, trad.]
   你和他聊了些什么？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ hé tā liáo le xiē shénme?

   What did you chat with him about?

   不聊了，我要睡覺了。 [MSC, trad.]
   不聊了，我要睡觉了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bù liáo le, wǒ yào shuìjiào le.

   Let's stop chatting, I'm going to sleep.

2. (formal) to rely on

   民不聊生  ―  mínbùliáoshēng  ―  the masses live in dire poverty

3. (literary, or in compounds) somewhat; slightly; at least

   聊勝於無／聊胜于无  ―  liáoshèngyúwú  ―  slightly better than nothing

4. (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.]
     聊乘化以归尽。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tao Yuanming (365-427), 《歸去來辭並序》

     Liáo chéng huà yǐ guī jìn.

     For the time being, I go along with nature's course when living the rest of my life.

Synonyms

• (to chat):

• (to rely on):

• (somewhat):

• (for the time being):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. 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)

1. somewhat
2. slightly, at least

Vietnamese

Han character

聊: Hán Nôm readings: liêu

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