聊天室

Chinese

		chatting away the day; to chat	room
trad. (聊天室)		聊天	室
simp. #(聊天室)		聊天	室

Etymology

Calque of English chat room.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáotiānshì, liáotiānshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˋ, ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ tin¹ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáotiānshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáotianshìh
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-tʻien¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: lyáu-tyān-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liautianshyh
    • Palladius: ляотяньши (ljaotjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáotiānshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáotianshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-tʻien¹-shih³
    • Yale: lyáu-tyān-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liautianshyy
    • Palladius: ляотяньши (ljaotjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ tin¹ sat¹
    • Yale: lìuh tīn sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ tin¹ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ tin¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

聊天室

1. (Internet) chat room

Synonyms

• 聊天區／聊天区