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

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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    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:
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    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

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?