聊天

Chinese

		to chat	day
trad. (聊天)		聊	天
simp. #(聊天)		聊	天
Literally: “chatting away the day”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): liáotiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): niao² tian¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ tin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liàu-thiên
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liâu-thian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁵ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáotiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáotian
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: lyáu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liautian
    • Palladius: ляотянь (ljaotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (聊天兒／聊天儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáotiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáotianr
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-tʻien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: lyáu-tyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liautial
    • Palladius: ляотяньр (ljaotjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: niao² tian¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liaotian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niau²¹ tʰiɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ tin¹
    • Yale: lìuh tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liàu-thiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: liau^ˇ tien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau² tian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu-thian
    • Tâi-lô: liâu-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liau'tiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liao⁵ tin¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâu thiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰĩ³³/

Verb

聊⫽天 (verb-object)

1. to chat

Synonyms

• (regional) 白話／白话 (báihua), 閒扯／闲扯 (xiánchě)

Dialectal synonyms of 閒談 (“to chat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
	Taiwan	聊天
	Chifeng	聊天, 嘮嗑兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒
	Harbin	閒拉, 閒扯, 嘮嗑兒
	Shenyang	聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮嗑, 閒扯, 瞎聊
	Singapore	談天
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	搭咯
	Tangshan	聊天兒, 談天
	Cangzhou	聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 說閒話兒
	Baoding	聊天兒, 說話兒
	Shijiazhuang	談天
	Jinan	拉呱兒, 拉拉, 拉, 聊天兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拉呱兒
	Qingdao	拉呱, 拉呱兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	談天兒, 聊天兒, 說閒話兒, 扯卵蛋, 拍話兒
	Wanrong	閒諞
	Zhengzhou	說閒話兒
	Xi'an	聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 拉閒話, 諞閒傳, 諞
	Xining	喧話, 喧板, 諞傳, 諞, 扯雜, 扯乾蛋
	Xuzhou	聊天兒, 拉呱兒, 閒侃, 閒扯
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	扯磨, 諞閒傳, 𠷨, 閒諞
	Lanzhou	聊天, 扯閒談, 喧官, 諞傳, 諞閒傳, 諞乾傳, 閒諞, 諞
	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
	Chongqing	吹牛兒, 擺龍門陣, 吹空老靠
	Wuhan	談天, 閒扯, 談家常, 聒天, 閒聒
	Guiyang	擺龍門陣, 衝殼子, 吹殼子, 衝牛殼, 吹牛殼, 吹牛, 閒扯
	Kunming	聊天, 談天, 扯閒, 衝殼子, 譜賓白
	Guilin	扯談, 談板路, 扯板路, 聒聊天
	Liuzhou	聒聊天, 扯大炮, 傾偈, 聊天, 扯淡, 講嘴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	聊天, 閒扯, 聒白, 聒聒, 聒聒白, 拉呱, 吹
	Yangzhou	聊天, 談天, 談心, 閒扯, 吹牛, 吹, 沰談話
	Nantong	聊天, 講閒話, 閒談, 扯呱
	Hefei	閒談, 聒淡, 聒聒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	傾偈, 打牙骹, 黐牙音
	Hong Kong	傾偈, 打牙骹, 吹水
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	打牙交
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	傾偈
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	傾偈
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Macau	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Foshan	傾偈
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	講時聞, 傾偈
	Foshan (Shunde)	傾偈
	Foshan (Sanshui)	傾偈
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	傾偈
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	傾偈
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	傾偈
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	傾偈
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	傾偈
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	傾偈
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	傾偈
	Taishan	傾偈
	Kaiping (Chikan)	傾偈
	Enping (Niujiang)	傾偈
	Heshan (Yayao)	傾偈
	Dongguan	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Yangjiang	講嘴, 傾偈, 傾
	Xinyi	傾
	Nanning	傾偈
	Wuzhou	傾偈
	Yulin	傾偈, 車大炮
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	傾偈, 傾低, 車大炮
	Beihai	傾偈, 傾一傾
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	傾偈
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	傾
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	傾偈
	Singapore (Guangfu)	傾偈
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	傾偈
	Móng Cái	傾偈
Gan	Nanchang	談坨, 談天
	Lichuan	話閒事, 學事
	Pingxiang	打閒講
Hakka	Meixian	閒談, 講閒談, 講牙蛇
	Xingning	講閒談
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	傾偈
	Huiyang	打牙花
	Huidong (Daling)	講閒話
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	打牙骹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	打牙花
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	傾偈
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	閒尞
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	講閒談, 講仙天
	Wuhua (Changbu)	講閒談
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	閒談
	Wuhua (Meilin)	喥牙談, 講嘴哩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	講閒談
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	閒談
	Changting	講閒談
	Wuping	講閒談
	Wuping (Pingyu)	講閒談
	Ninghua	聊天
	Yudu	吵天, 打吱喳
	Ruijin	嘈閒天
	Shicheng	談閒天
	Shangyou (Shexi)	講閒天
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓, 閒談
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	答嘴鼓, 答詑
	Hong Kong	講水古
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	車大炮
	Sabah (Longchuan)	傾偈, 車大炮
	Singkawang	尞
Huizhou	Jixi	談天, 聒談
	Shexian	談天, 談心
Jin	Taiyuan	倒楔
	Xinzhou	閒扯, 圪扯, 閒叨拉, 閒拍達, 閒拉呱, 叨拉, 拍達, 拉呱, 胡叨拉
	Linhe	拉話, 閒拍
	Jining	瞎聊
	Hohhot	搗拉, 拉呱
	Zhangjiakou	拉閒話
	Handan	聊天兒, 談天
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冇講, 講故事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	攀講, 講症
	Fuqing	攀講
	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
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	喝仙
	Quanzhou	冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練㾪話, 喝仙
	Zhangzhou	練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪話, 喝仙
	Zhao'an	拍嘓, 設潲
	Taipei	開講, 答喙鼓, 敲虎𡳞
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞
	Kaohsiung	破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞
	Yilan	開講, 畫虎𡳞
	Changhua (Lukang)	畫虎𡳞
	Taichung	開講, 破豆
	Tainan	開講, 畫虎𡳞
	Hsinchu	開講
	Kinmen	答喙鼓, 開講
	Penghu (Magong)	開講, 畫虎𡳞
	Penang (Hokkien)	傾偈
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敲嘓, 傾偈
	Manila (Hokkien)	講古
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	傾偈
	Chaozhou	詖閒話
	Shantou	詖話, 䛩奅
	Jieyang	詖話
	Haifeng	拍法
	Singapore (Teochew)	敲嘓, 詖涼詖熱
	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
	Shanghai (Chongming)	講神
	Suzhou	講張
	Wuxi	扯, 扯老空
	Danyang	談閒
	Hangzhou	談天
	Ningbo	講大道, 講聊天, 談山海經
	Wenzhou	講閒談
	Jinhua	談天
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	講白搭
Xiang	Changsha	扯閒談, 扯談, 扯經, 扯粟殼
	Xiangtan	扯談
	Loudi	談天, 談平, 打講, 打平講, 扯談
	Shuangfeng	扯談, 打講
	Quanzhou	談白, 聊天

Related terms

• 暢談／畅谈 (chàngtán)
• 討論／讨论 (tǎolùn)

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