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聊天 (liáo tiān): To chat (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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聊 • liáo • to chat, to depend on
liáo聊

to chat, to depend on

天 • tiān • sky, heaven, or the celestial realm
tiān天

sky, heaven, or the celestial realm

Word Info

Pinyinliáo tiān
Meaningto chat
Characters2
SyntaxVerb
4.

How to Use 聊天 in Sentences

Verb + Nounwith工具
liáo聊
tiān天
gōng工
jù具
neutral
chat tool
Adverb + Verbwith网上
wǎng网
shàng上
liáo聊
tiān天
Verb Reduplicationwith聊
liáo聊
liao聊
tiān天
informalSpoken
Verb + Suffixwith儿
liáotiānr
聊天儿
informalSpoken
5.

Example Sentences with 聊天

wǒ我
xǐ喜
huan欢
hé和
péng朋
you友
liáo

HSK 3 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 聊天.

  • 马上mǎ shàngimmediately
  • 行李箱xíng li xiāngtrunk [luggage]
  • 帮忙bāng mánglend a hand
  • 照片zhào piànphotograph
  • 城市chéng shìcity
  • 地方dì fangplace
  • 然后rán hòuand then; after that
  • 一般yī bānordinary
  • 办法bàn fǎway; method; solution
  • 应该yīng gāishould
  • 为了wèi lein order to
  • 环境huán jìngenvironment
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 聊天.

Words with 聊
  • 聊天儿liáo tiān rto chat (colloquial)
  • 无聊wú liáobored; boring
  • 聊聊liáo liáoto chat; to have a talk
  • 闲聊
neutral
chat online
have a chat
chat (informal)
聊
tiān天
。
I like chatting with friends.
wǒ我
men们
jīng经
cháng常
zài在
gōng公
yuán园
li里
liáo聊
tiān天
。
We often chat in the park.
wǒ我
men们
jīng经
cháng常
zài在
wǎn晚
fàn饭
hòu后
liáo聊
tiān天
。
We often chat after dinner.
tā他
tài太
máng忙
le了
，
gēn根
běn本
méi没
shí时
jiān间
hé和
wǒ我
liáo聊
tiān天
。
He is too busy and has no time to chat with me at all.
tōng通
guò过
liáo聊
tiān天
，
wǒ我
men们
kě可
yǐ以
gèng更
hǎo好
dì地
liǎo了
jiě解
bǐ彼
cǐ此
de的
xiǎng想
fǎ法
。
Through chatting, we can better understand each other's thoughts.
xián liáo
to chat casually
Words with 天
  • 今天jīn tiāntoday
  • 天气tiān qìweather
  • 明天míng tiāntomorrow
  • 昨天zuó tiānyesterday
  • 白天bái tiāndaytime
  • 星期天xīng qī tiānSunday
  • 冬天dōng tiānwinter
  • 前天qián tiānthe day before yesterday