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liáo

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liáo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liáo | liao2
English translation
companion, colleague; officials; bureaucracy; a pretty face

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About liáo

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

liáo

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

person

Etymology of liáo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻尞

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

liào

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and liào represents the sound.

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Example sentences using liáo

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一群骨干 gǔgàn 右翼 yòu yì 参议员 cān yì yuán Zēng 企图 qǐtú 左右 zuǒyòu 自己 zìjǐ de 同僚 tóng liáo

A hard-core group of right-wing senators had hoped to sway their colleagues.

de 国会 Guó huì 同僚 tóng liáo 是否 shìfǒu 同意 tóngyì 现在 xiànzài Huán 无从 wú cóng 知晓 zhī xiǎo

It remains to be seen whether her parliamentary colleagues will agree.

监狱 jiānyù Guān 冷淡 lěngdàn yòu 客气 kè qi 表现 biǎoxiàn chū 十足 shízú de 官僚作风

The prison official is icily polite and bureaucratic.

这些 zhè xiē 官僚 guān liáo 拖拉 tuō lā le 太久

The bureaucrats dallied too long.

Words with liáo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
官僚 guān liáo bureaucrat官僚 guān liáo
官僚主义 guān liáo zhǔ yì bureaucracy官僚主義
同僚 tóng liáo colleague同僚 tóng liáo
幕僚 mù liáo aids and advisors of top officials幕僚 mù liáo
liáo bureaucrat liáo
阁僚 gé liáo cabinet member閣僚
臣僚 chén liáo court official (in former times)臣僚 chén liáo

liáo Decomposition & Compounds

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