聊 liáo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- Made of
- 耳 ear 卯 4th terrestrial branch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
聊天儿
liáotiānr
to chat, to have a chat
Characters in this word
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我喜欢跟朋友聊天儿。 Wǒ xǐhuan gēn péngyou liáotiānr. I like chatting with friends.
- 上课的时候别聊天儿。 Shàngkè de shíhou bié liáotiānr. Don't chat in class.
- 晚上我们在网上聊天儿。 Wǎnshang wǒmen zài wǎngshàng liáotiānr. In the evening we chat online.
Related words
- 无聊 wúliáo boring; bored
- 聊 liáo to talk (about something), to discuss
- 白天 báitiān daytime, during the day
- 半天 bàntiān half a day
- 后天 hòutiān the day after tomorrow
- 今天 jīntiān today
- 明天 míngtiān tomorrow
- 前天 qiántiān the day before yesterday
- 天 tiān day; sky
- 天气 tiānqì weather
- 星期天 xīngqītiān Sunday
- 昨天 zuótiān yesterday