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僚

Mandarin · pinyin liáo#

bureaucrat
colleague

Mandarin · pinyin Liáo#

surname Liao

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僚: liáo · companion, colleague; officials; bureaucracy; a pretty face

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2 · liao2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

liu4 · liu5 · lou5

Cantonese word readings for 僚. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

official; bureaucrat
colleague; associate; companion
a surname

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) good; beautiful

character

(historical) alternative form of 䝤 (lǎo, “an ancient tribe in southwestern China”)

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