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Usage of the character 聊

liáo
[聊]
  • (coll.) to chat
  • (literary) temporarily; for a while
  • (literary) somewhat; slightly
  • (literary) to depend upon
luǒliáo
裸聊
[裸聊]
  • to chat naked (online)
péiliáo
陪聊
[陪聊]
  • to keep sb company for a chat
  • (esp.) to be a paid escort
liáoqiě
聊且
[聊且]
  • for the time being; tentatively
liáolài
聊赖
[聊賴]
  • to suffer tedium
liáosāo
聊骚
[聊騷]
  • to chat flirtatiously
liáotiān
聊天
[聊天]
  • to chat; to gossip
gàliáo
尬聊
[尬聊]
  • (slang) awkward conversation; to have a cringeworthy conversation
qúnliáo
群聊
[群聊]
  • (computing) group chat; to have a group chat
Liáochéng
聊城
[聊城]
  • Liaocheng prefecture-level city in Shandong
sīliáo
私聊
[私聊]
  • (computing) to chat privately; private chat
xiánliáo
闲聊
[閒聊]
  • to chat
  • casual conversation
liáobèi
聊备
[聊備]
  • to provide on a makeshift basis; to use temporarily as
liáoyǐ
聊以
[聊以]
  • to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent
liáoshēng
聊生
[聊生]
  • to earn a living (esp. with negative)
wúliáo
无聊
[無聊]
  • bored
  • boring
  • senseless
liáoxù
聊叙
[聊敘]
  • to speak tentatively
Liáochéngshì
聊城市
[聊城市]
  • Liaocheng prefecture-level city in Shandong
liáotiānshì
聊天室
[聊天室]
  • chat room
liáotiānr
聊天儿
[聊天兒]
  • erhua variant of 聊天 (liáotiān)
xiánliáotiān
闲聊天
[閑聊天]
  • to chat
  • idle gossip
liáoyǐjiěmèn
聊以解闷
[聊以解悶]
  • to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent
liáobiǎocùnxīn
聊表寸心
[聊表寸心]
  • (of a gift) to be a small token of one's feelings
Liáozhāi Zhìyì
聊斋志异
[聊齋志異]
  • Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡/蒲松龄 ( Pú Sōnglíng)
liáoyǐzìwèi
聊以自慰
[聊以自慰]
  • to find some consolation (idiom)
  • to find relief in
mínbùliáoshēng
民不聊生
[民不聊生]
  • The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記/史记 ( Shǐjì))
  • no way of getting by
liáoyǐsèzé
聊以塞责
[聊以塞責]
  • in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities
  • in order to get off the hook
liáobèiyīgé
聊备一格
[聊備一格]
  • to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal
bǎiwúliáolài
百无聊赖
[百無聊賴]
  • (idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
liáoshèngyúwú
聊胜于无
[聊勝於無]
  • better than nothing (idiom)