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Liáo

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Liáo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Liáo | Liao2
English translation
short name for Liaoning 遼寧
>辽宁 Liáo níng [Liáo níng] province
Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)
distant, far

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About Liáo

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

liáo

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of Liáo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶了

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

le

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and le represents the sound. Simplified form of liáo .

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Example sentences using Liáo

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gāi 遗址 yí zhǐ 位于 wèiyú Dōng 辽河 Liáo Hé 沿岸 yán àn ,面积 miànjī 2万余平方米 píng fāng mǐ .

The site, distributed over 2000 m 2, is situated by the Dong Liao River.

苍茫 cāng máng 辽阔 liáokuò de 景色 jǐngsè 染上 rǎn shàng le 一片瑰丽 guī lì 浓艳 nóng yàn de 金黄色 jīn huáng sè .

The tremendous spaciousness of it was glowing with rich gold.

辽阔 liáokuò de 草场 cǎo chǎng Xiàng Dōng 伸展 shēn zhǎn .

Vast meadows stretch to the east.

谢辽日 shì 懒汉 lǎn hàn , 酒鬼 jiǔ guǐ .

Seryozhka is a sluggard, a drunkard.

回复 huí fù :中国 Zhōngguó 辽宁省 Liáo níng shěng chén yáng shì 和平 Hépíng Nán 大街 dà jiē 中兴 zhōng xīng xiàng 1 háo 401 Shì 请问 qǐng wèn 这个 zhè ge 地址 dìzhǐ 英文 Yīng wén gāi 怎么 zěnme 翻译 fānyì ?

Room 401 , Building 1, Zhongxin lane 5, Peace street ( south ) , Shengyang city, Liaonin province, China.

Words with Liáo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
辽阔 liáokuò vast遼闊
Liáo Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125) liáo
辽宁 Liáo níng Liaoning province in northeast China, short name liáo | Liáo [Liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 Shěn yáng [Shěn​yáng]遼寧
辽宁省 Liáo níng shěng Liaoning province in northeast China, short name liáo | Liáo [Liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 Shěn yáng [Shěn​yáng]遼寧省
辽东 Liáo dōng east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 Liáo Hé 遼東
辽阳 Liáo yáng Liaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 Liáo níng shěng in northeast China遼陽
辽河 Liáo Hé Liao River of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning遼河
辽西 liáo xī west of Liaoning遼西
辽源 Liáo yuán Liaoyuan prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 Jí lín Shěng in northeast China遼源
辽阳市 Liáo yáng shì Liaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 Liáo níng shěng in northeast China遼陽市
通辽 Tōng liáo Tongliao prefecture level city in Inner Mongolia通遼
通辽市 Tōng liáo shì Tongliao prefecture level city in Inner Mongolia通遼市
辽宁大学 Liáo níng Dà xué Liaoning University遼寧大學
辽东半岛 Liáo dōng Bàn dǎo Liaodong Peninsula遼東半島
辽远 liáo yuǎn distant遼遠
辽源市 Liáo yuán shì Liaoyuan prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 Jí lín Shěng in northeast China遼源市
辽沈战役 Liáo shěn Zhàn yì Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War遼瀋戰役
辽中 Liáo zhōng Liaozhong county in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 Shěn yáng , Liaoning遼中
辽中县 Liáo zhōng xiàn Liaozhong county in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 Shěn yáng , Liaoning遼中縣
辽史 Liáo shǐ History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 Èr shí sì Shǐ [Er​shí​sì​Shǐ], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱 Tuō tuō [Tuō​tuō] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty Yuán [Yuán], 116 scrolls遼史
辽阳县 Liáo yáng xiàn Liaoyang county in Liaoyang 遼陽|辽阳 Liáo yáng [Liáo​yáng], Liaoning遼陽縣
柏辽兹 Bó liáo zī Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique柏遼茲
松辽平原 Sōng liáo Píng yuán Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 Sōng huā jiāng through the Liaoning Peninsula, also called the Northeast Plain 東北平原|东北平原 Dōng běi Píng yuán [Dōng​běi​Píng​yuán]松遼平原
双辽市 Shuāng liáo shì Shuangliao county level city in Siping 四平 Sì píng , Jilin雙遼市
双辽 Shuāng liáo Shuangliao county level city in Siping 四平 Sì píng , Jilin雙遼

Liáo Decomposition & Compounds

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Liáo Decomposition

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