Chinese word dictionary

聊叙

liáo xù · to speak tentatively

Practice word

Word information

Simplified聊叙

Traditional聊敘

Pinyinliáo xù

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

聊liáo

somewhat, slightly, at least

叙xù

to express, to state; to relate, to narrate

How to learn 聊叙

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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聊天儿liáotiānr

erhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1]

无聊wúliáo

bored; boring; senseless

聊天liáo tiān

to chat; to gossip

叙述xùshù

to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration; telling; narrative; account

聊以liáo yǐ

to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent

聊生liáo shēng

to earn a living (esp. with negative)