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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 聊以

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
聊以 liáo yǐ - to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent

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
- - 58,872 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
liáo- (coll.) to chat
- (literary) temporarily; for a while
- (literary) somewhat; slightly
- (literary) to depend upon
- abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)
- old variant of 以[yi3]
- old variant of 以[yi3]

Other Words Containing 聊以

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
聊以 - - 58,872 - -
聊以自慰 - - 92,258 81,134 54,046