Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
liáo - (coll.) to chat
- (literary) temporarily; for a while
- (literary) somewhat; slightly
- (literary) to depend upon

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 1,477 3,129 1,369

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Ear

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 1,477 3,129 1,369
无聊 4 4 1,498 2,414 693
聊天 4 - 2,206 3,011 1,757
闲聊 - - 8,246 18,558 14,156
百无聊赖 - - 35,720 42,780 28,559
民不聊生 - - 52,340 52,714 33,345
聊以 - - 58,872 - -
聊以自慰 - - 92,258 81,134 54,046