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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
了 liǎo	了 \| 了* \| *了	(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly	瞭 HSK 3


了 liǎo	了 \| 了* \| *了	to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無｜无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭｜了)	HSK 3


料 liào	料 \| 料* \| *料	material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess	HSK 6


聊 liáo	聊 \| 聊* \| *聊	(coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily; for a while / (literary) somewhat; slightly / (literary) to depend upon	HSK 6


了 liào	了 \| 了* \| *了	unofficial variant of 瞭	瞭


辽 Liáo	辽 \| 辽* \| *辽	short name for Liaoning 遼寧｜辽宁 province / Liao or Khitan dynasty (916-1125)	遼


辽 liáo	辽 \| 辽* \| *辽	(bound form) distant; faraway	遼


镣 liào	镣 \| 镣* \| *镣	fetters / leg-irons / shackles	鐐


三家村 Sānjiācūn	三家村 \| 三家村* \| *三家村	(lit.) village of three households / the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓｜邓拓, Wu Han 吳晗｜吴晗 and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙, criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution


寮 Liáo	寮 \| 寮* \| *寮	Laos


獠 liáo	獠 \| 獠* \| *獠	fierce / hunt / name of a tribe


疗 liáo	疗 \| 疗* \| *疗	to treat / to cure / therapy	療


嵺 liáo	嵺 \| 嵺* \| *嵺	(literary) vast and empty


契丹 Qìdān	契丹 \| 契丹* \| *契丹	Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河｜辽河


撩 liāo	撩 \| 撩* \| *撩	to lift up (sth hanging down) / to raise (hem of skirt) / to pull up (sleeve) / to sprinkle (water with cupped hands)


撩 liáo	撩 \| 撩* \| *撩	to tease / to provoke / to stir up (emotions)


辽东 Liáodōng	辽东 \| 辽东* \| *辽东	Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河｜辽河	遼東


辽河 Liáo Hé	辽河 \| 辽河* \| *辽河	Liao River of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning	遼河


僚 Liáo	僚 \| 僚* \| *僚	surname Liao


僚 liáo	僚 \| 僚* \| *僚	bureaucrat / colleague


撂 liào	撂 \| 撂* \| *撂	to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard


钌 liǎo	钌 \| 钌* \| *钌	ruthenium (chemistry)	釕


钌 liào	钌 \| 钌* \| *钌	see 釕銱兒｜钌铞儿 / Taiwan pr. [liao3]	釕


寥 liáo	寥 \| 寥* \| *寥	empty / lonesome / very few


蓼 liǎo	蓼 \| 蓼* \| *蓼	polygonum / smartweed


憀 liáo	憀 \| 憀* \| *憀	to rely on


瞭 liào	瞭 \| 瞭* \| *瞭	to watch from a height or distance


尥 liào	尥 \| 尥* \| *尥	to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)


屪 liáo	屪 \| 屪* \| *屪	penis


嘹 liáo	嘹 \| 嘹* \| *嘹	clear sound / cry (of cranes etc)


寮 liáo	寮 \| 寮* \| *寮	hut / shack / small window / variant of 僚


潦 liáo	潦 \| 潦* \| *潦	used in 潦草 / used in 潦倒


嫽 liáo	嫽 \| 嫽* \| *嫽	good / smart / to play


几米 Jīmǐ	几米 \| 几米* \| *几米	Jimmy Liao (1958-), pen name of 廖福彬, Taiwanese illustrator and picture book writer	幾米


憭 liǎo	憭 \| 憭* \| *憭	clear / intelligible / severe / cold


鹩 liáo	鹩 \| 鹩* \| *鹩	eastern wren	鷯


髎 liáo	髎 \| 髎* \| *髎	(literary) hip bone / (TCM) space between two joints


蟟 liáo	蟟 \| 蟟* \| *蟟	see 蟭蟟


暸 liáo	暸 \| 暸* \| *暸	bright / clear


膋 liáo	膋 \| 膋* \| *膋	fat on intestines


簝 liáo	簝 \| 簝* \| *簝	bamboo receptacle used to hold meat for temple sacrifices in ancient times


飂 liáo	飂 \| 飂* \| *飂	wind in high places


糺 jiǔ	糺 \| 糺* \| *糺	army (used during the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties)


辽史 Liáoshǐ	辽史 \| 辽史* \| *辽史	History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫｜脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元, 116 scrolls	遼史


膫 Liáo	膫 \| 膫* \| *膫	name of a state during Han Dynasty


缭 liáo	缭 \| 缭* \| *缭	to wind round / to sew with slanting stitches	繚


蹽 liāo	蹽 \| 蹽* \| *蹽	to run / to slip away / to stride


膫 liáo	膫 \| 膫* \| *膫	male genitals / old variant of 膋


杨业 Yáng Yè	杨业 \| 杨业* \| *杨业	Yang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song dynasties, defended the Song against invasion by the Liao 遼｜辽	楊業


脱脱 Tuōtuō	脱脱 \| 脱脱* \| *脱脱	Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史｜辽史 and Jin 金史 / also written Tuoketuo 托克托	脫脫


李翱 Lǐ Áo	李翱 \| 李翱* \| *李翱	Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈 in promoting classical writing 古文運動｜古文运动


耶律大石 Yēlǜ Dàshí	耶律大石 \| 耶律大石* \| *耶律大石	Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼｜西辽 in Central Asia


尉缭子 Wèi Liáozi	尉缭子 \| 尉缭子* \| *尉缭子	Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书, possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚｜尉缭 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)	尉繚子


辽金 Liáo Jīn	辽金 \| 辽金* \| *辽金	Liao and Jin dynasties, namely: Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125) and Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)	遼金


契丹国志 Qìdān Guózhì	契丹国志 \| 契丹国志* \| *契丹国志	History of the Liao Dynasty, 13th-century book on the history of the Khitan Empire (916-1125)	契丹國志


句骊河 Jùlí Hé	句骊河 \| 句骊河* \| *句骊河	pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河｜辽河	句驪河


廖 Liào	廖 \| 廖* \| *廖	surname Liao


廖沫沙 Liào Mòshā	廖沫沙 \| 廖沫沙* \| *廖沫沙	Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution


敹 liáo	敹 \| 敹* \| *敹	keep tidy and repaired / sew


燎 liáo	燎 \| 燎* \| *燎	to burn / to set afire


燎 liǎo	燎 \| 燎* \| *燎	to singe


西辽 Xī Liáo	西辽 \| 西辽* \| *西辽	Western Liao, Khitan kingdom of central Asia 1132-1218	西遼

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