聊

Translingual

Han character

聊 (radical 128 耳+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸十竹竹中 (SJHHL), four-corner 1712₀, composition ⿰耳卯)

1. somewhat, slightly, at least

References

• KangXi: page 967, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29049
• Dae Jaweon: page 1415, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2787, character 7
• Unihan data for U+804A

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		聊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): liau
• Min Nan (POJ): liâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: liao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
    • Tâi-lô: liâu
    • IPA (Taipei): /liaʊ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaʊ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (聊, reconstructed)
Character (聊), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 蕭 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 落蕭切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/leu/	/lieu/	/leu/	/leu/	/lɛw/	/lieu/	/leu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (聊, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
聊								liáo								‹ lew ›								/*[r]ˤiw/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
聊					8878					卯					幽					2					聊					/*m·rɯːw/

Compounds

• 聊天

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Japanese

Kanji

聊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: いささか (isasaka)

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Korean

Hanja

聊 (ryo, yo) (hangeul 료, 요, revised ryo, yo, McCune-Reischauer ryo, yo, Yale lyo, yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

聊 (liêu)

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