聊聊

Chinese

		to chat; to have a chat; to kill time	to chat; to have a chat; to kill time
trad. (聊聊)		聊	聊
simp. #(聊聊)		聊	聊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáoliáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ liu⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶liau-liau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáoliáo → liáoliao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ → ㄌㄧㄠˊ ˙ㄌㄧㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáoliåo
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-liao⁵
    • Yale: lyáu-lyau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau.liau
    • Palladius: ляоляо (ljaoljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/ → /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 寥寥 遼遼 / 辽辽

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáoliáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáoliáor
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-liao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: lyáu-lyáur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauliaul
    • Palladius: ляоляор (ljaoljaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li̯aʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ liːu̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 寥寥 聊聊 遼遼 / 辽辽

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶liau-liau
    • MiniDict: liau^去 liau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³liau-liau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɔ²² liɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

聊聊

1. to chat; to chinwag

   走走，看看，聊聊，又何嘗不是學習呢？ [MSC, trad.]
   走走，看看，聊聊，又何尝不是学习呢？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zǒuzǒu, kànkàn, liáoliáo, yòu hécháng bùshì xuéxí ne? [Pinyin]

   Wandering, watching, chin-wagging — aren't they ways of learning?