# 聊

| 聊 | U+804A, &#32842; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-804A |
| ← 聉 [U+8049] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 聋 → [U+804B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

聊 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸十竹竹中 (SJHHL), four-corner 1712$_0$, composition ⿰耳卯)

#### Derived characters

* 㗦, 𣼾, 𠨥, 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

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): liáo (liao$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): niao$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): liu$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): liau$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): lieu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): liau
    (Meixian, Guangdong): liau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): liau$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): liǎu
* Eastern Min (BUC): lièu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liao$^5$ / liou$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$liau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): liau$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
*** Wade–Giles: liao$^2$
*** Yale: lyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
*** Palladius: ляо (ljao)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: niao$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liao
*** Sinological IPA : /niau²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^4$
*** Yale: lìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: liau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /liau²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: lieu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /liɛu³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
*** Hakka Romanization System: liau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: liau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: liau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /liau¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liǎu
*** Sinological IPA : /liau²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lièu
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ieu⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
*** Tâi-lô: liâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /liau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liao$^5$ / liou$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâu / liôu
*** Sinological IPA : /liau⁵⁵/, /liou⁵⁵/
* liao5 - Shantou;
* liou5 - Chaozhou.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit聊 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /liau³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /liau²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /liɑu⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /liɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /liɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /liau⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /liau²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /liɔ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /liɔ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /liɔ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /liɔ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /niau²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /niau³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /niao²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /liɔ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /liɔo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /liɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /liau¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /liɔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /liɔ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /liɔ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /liæ¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /liɔ²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /liɛ³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /liɔ⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /liu⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /liau¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /niaɯ¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /liɛu⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /liau¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /liɑu¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /liu²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /liu²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /liu²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /liau³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /lieu⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /liau²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /liau⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /liau³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: lew
Rime :
| Character | 聊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 落蕭切 |
| Baxter | lew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /leu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /leu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /leu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛw/ |
| Li Rong | /leu/ |
| Wang Li | /lieu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lieu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | liu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤiw/
    (Zhengzhang): /*m·rɯːw/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 聊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | liáo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lew › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]ˁiw/ |
| English | rely on |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 聊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8878 |
| Phonetic component | 卯 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 聊 |
| Old Chinese | /*m·rɯːw/ |

### Definitions

聊
* to chat
       Nǐ hé tā liáo le xiē shénme? [Pinyin]
       What did you chat with him about?
       Bù liáo le, wǒ yào shuìjiào le. [Pinyin]
       Let's stop chatting, I'm going to sleep.
* (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
    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.

#### Synonyms

* (to chat):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聊, 閒談, 聊天, 談天, 閒聊, 攀談, 扯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 聊天兒, 拉呱, 拉呱兒, 嘮嗑兒, 扯句兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 聊天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 聊天, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 聊天, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮扯, 閒扯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 聊天, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮扯, 閒扯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 閒拉, 閒扯, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 閒扯, 拍話兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 閒扯, 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 嘮嗑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 嘮嗑兒, 閒扯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮嗑, 閒扯, 瞎聊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 聊天兒, 談天, 閒聊, 打嘮兒, 嘮嗑兒, 閒扯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 談天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 搭咯 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 聊天兒, 談天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 說閒話兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 聊天兒, 說話兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 談天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 閒扯, 拉呱兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 拉呱兒, 拉拉, 拉, 聊天兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 嘮嗑兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 閒聊, 嘮嗑兒, 閒嘮嗑兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 拉呱兒, 說話兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拉呱兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 拉呱, 拉呱兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 拉呱兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 談天兒, 聊天兒, 說閒話兒, 扯卵蛋, 拍話兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 閒諞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 拉呱兒, 閒拉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 閒諞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 閒拍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 拉呱兒, 閒扯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 談天兒, 聊天兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 說閒話兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 拍脖兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 聊天, 拍古今 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 拉閒話, 諞閒傳, 諞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 閒扯, 閒諞, 諞閒傳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 搞閒哩, 諞閒傳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 喧話, 喧板, 諞傳, 諞, 扯雜, 扯乾蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 聊天兒, 拉呱兒, 閒侃, 閒扯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 拉呱, 閒扯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 扯磨, 諞閒傳, 𠷨, 閒諞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 聊天, 扯閒談, 喧官, 諞傳, 諞閒傳, 諞乾傳, 閒諞, 諞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 聊天, 閒談, 諞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 喧荒, 諞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 閒扯, 喧荒, 閒諞, 諞傳子, 諞, 喧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 擺龍門陣, 擺談, 擺, 衝殼子, 吹殼子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 聊天, 擺龍門陣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 擺龍門陣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 擺龍門陣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 擺龍門陣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 擺龍門陣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 吹牛兒, 擺龍門陣, 吹空老靠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 談天, 閒扯, 談家常, 聒天, 閒聒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 聊天, 談天, 瞎聊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 聊天兒, 談天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 談天, 款白話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 擺龍門陣, 衝殼子, 吹殼子, 衝牛殼, 吹牛殼, 吹牛, 閒扯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 吹牛, 擺龍門陣, 吹殼子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 擺龍門陣, 吹牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 款白嘮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 衝殼子, 擺龍門陣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 衝殼子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 聊天, 談天, 扯閒, 衝殼子, 譜賓白 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 衝殼子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 扯談, 談板路, 扯板路, 聒聊天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 聒聊天, 扯大炮, 傾偈, 聊天, 扯淡, 講嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 講白話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 扯懶談 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 諞閒傳, 擺龍門陣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 聊天, 閒扯, 聒白, 聒聒, 聒聒白, 拉呱, 吹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 聊天, 談天, 談心, 閒扯, 吹牛, 吹, 沰談話 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 擦呱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 擦呱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 聊天, 講閒話, 閒談, 扯呱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 閒扯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 閒聊, 聒聒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 閒談, 聒淡, 聒聒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 談天, 閒扯, 聒天, 閒聒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 傾偈, 打牙骹, 黐牙音 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 傾偈, 打牙骹, 吹水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 打牙交 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 講時聞, 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 傾偈, 打牙骹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 講嘴, 傾偈, 傾 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 傾 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 傾偈, 車大炮 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 傾偈, 傾低, 車大炮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 傾偈, 傾一傾 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 傾 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 傾偈 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 傾偈 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 談坨, 談天 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 話閒事, 學事 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 打閒講 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 閒談, 講閒談, 講牙蛇 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 傾偈 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 打牙花 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 講閒話 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 打牙骹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 打牙花 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 傾偈 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 閒尞 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 講閒談, 講仙天 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 喥牙談, 講嘴哩 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 閒談 |
| Hakka | Changting | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 講閒談 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 聊天 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 吵天, 打吱喳 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 嘈閒天 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 談閒天 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 講閒天 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 打嘴鼓, 閒談 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打嘴鼓, 譫哆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 答嘴鼓, 答詑 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 講水古 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 車大炮 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 傾偈, 車大炮 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 尞 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 談天, 聒談 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 談天, 談心 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 倒楔, 呱答 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 聊天, 談天, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 瞎扯, 拉咕呱兒 |
| Jin | Datong | 呱答 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 閒扯, 圪扯, 閒叨拉, 閒拍達, 閒拉呱, 叨拉, 拍達, 拉呱, 胡叨拉 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 聊天, 拉閒話, 告訴 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 閒扯, 瞎拍 |
| Jin | Linhe | 拉話, 閒拍 |
| Jin | Jining | 瞎聊 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 搗拉, 拉呱 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 閒扯 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 閒拍搭 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 拉閒話 |
| Jin | Handan | 聊天兒, 談天 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 拍閒 |
| Jin | Suide | 拉話 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 冇講, 講故事 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 攀講, 講症 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 攀講 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 攀講 |
| Southern Min | 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, 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練㾪話, 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 講古 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪話, 喝仙 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 拍嘓, 設潲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 開講, 答喙鼓, 敲虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 開講, 破豆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 開講 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 答喙鼓, 開講 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 開講, 畫虎𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 傾偈 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 敲嘓, 傾偈 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 講古 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 傾偈 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 詖閒話 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 詖話, 䛩奅 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 詖話 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 拍法 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 敲嘓, 詖涼詖熱 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 講四方, 講善喻, 傾談 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 傾偈 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 傾偈 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 聊天 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 講張, 茄山河, 講閒話 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 講神 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 講張 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 扯, 扯老空 |
| Wu | Danyang | 談閒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 談天 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 講大道, 講聊天, 談山海經 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 講閒談 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 談天 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 講白搭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扯閒談, 扯談, 扯經, 扯粟殼 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 扯談 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 談天, 談平, 打講, 打平講, 扯談 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 扯談, 打講 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 談白, 聊天 |
* (to rely on):
* 仗恃 (zhàngshì) (literary, chiefly derogatory)
* 仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)
* 仰賴 / 仰赖 (yǎnglài)
* 依 (yī)
* 依仗 (yīzhàng)
* 依倚 (Hokkien)
* 依恃 (yīshì) (literary)
* 依歸 / 依归 (yīguī) (literary)
* 依託 / 依托 (yītuō)
* 依賴 / 依赖 (yīlài)
* 依附 (yīfù)
* 依靠 (yīkào)
* 倚仗 (yǐzhàng)
* 倚倚 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 借助 (jièzhù)
* 倚賴 / 倚赖 (yǐlài)
* 倚靠 (yǐkào)
* 寄 (jì)
* 展品棒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 怙恃 (hùshì) (literary)
* 憑 / 凭 (píng)
* 憑仗 / 凭仗 (píngzhàng)
* 憑依 / 凭依 (píngyī)
* 憑借 / 凭借 (píngjiè)
* 憑恃 / 凭恃 (píngshì)
* 憑靠 / 凭靠 (píngkào)
* 指 (zhǐ)
* 據 / 据
* 歸依 / 归依 (guīyī) (literary)
* 賴 / 赖 (lài) (literary, or in compounds only)
* (somewhat):
* 一些 (yīxiē)
* 多少 (duōshǎo)
* 小可 (Hokkien)
* 小可仔 (Hokkien)
* 微微仔 (Hokkien)
* 拉圇 / 拉囵 (Hokkien)
* 普二略 (Hokkien)
* 普其略 (Hokkien)
* 普普仔 (Hokkien)
* 有些 (yǒuxiē)
* 略事 (lüèshì) (literary)
* 略仔 (Hokkien)
* 略微 (lüèwēi)
* 略為 / 略为 (lüèwéi)
* 略略 (lüèlüè)
* 略略仔 (Hokkien)
* 稍
* 稍微 (shāowēi)
* 稍為 / 稍为 (shāowéi)
* 稍稍仔 (Hokkien)
* 粗粗 (Hakka)
* 粗粗仔 (Hakka)
* 約略 / 约略 (yuēlüè)
* 頗略仔 / 颇略仔 (Hokkien)
* 麻微 (Hokkien)
* 麻文 (Hokkien)
* (for the time being):
* 姑且 (gūqiě)
* 暫 / 暂 (zàn) (formal, or in compounds)
* 暫且 / 暂且 (zànqiě)
* 暫時 / 暂时
* 權且 / 权且 (quánqiě) (literary)
* 權時 / 权时 (quánshí) (literary)
* 臨時 / 临时 (línshí)
* 苟且 (gǒuqiě)

#### Compounds

* 不聊
* 人不聊生
* 何聊賴 / 何聊赖
* 椒聊
* 民不聊生 (mínbùliáoshēng)
* 海說神聊 / 海说神聊
* 無聊 / 无聊 (wúliáo)
* 無聊賴 / 无聊赖 (wúliáolài)
* 無聊透頂 / 无聊透顶
* 百無聊賴 / 百无聊赖 (bǎiwúliáolài)
* 瞎聊 (xiāliáo)
* 神聊
* 神聊大王
* 窮極無聊 / 穷极无聊
* 線上聊天 / 线上聊天
* 聊且 (liáoqiě)
* 聊以卒歲 / 聊以卒岁 (liáoyǐzúsuì)
* 聊以塞責 / 聊以塞责
* 聊以自慰
* 聊以解嘲
* 聊備一格 / 聊备一格 (liáobèiyīgé)
* 聊勝一籌 / 聊胜一筹
* 聊勝於無 / 聊胜于无 (liáoshèngyúwú)
* 聊城 (Liáochéng)
* 聊城射書 / 聊城射书
* 聊天 (liáotiān)
* 聊天區 / 聊天区
* 聊天室 (liáotiānshì)
* 聊復備數 / 聊复备数
* 聊復爾爾 / 聊复尔尔
* 聊復爾耳 / 聊复尔耳
* 聊施小計 / 聊施小计
* 聊生 (liáoshēng)
* 聊聊 (liáoliáo)
* 聊表寸心
* 聊表心意
* 聊賴 / 聊赖 (liáolài)
* 聊齋志異 / 聊斋志异
* 苦不聊生
* 閒聊 / 闲聊 (xiánliáo)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* slightly

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
* 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
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.