聊

chán; buồn chán; vô vị; vô nghĩa

trò chuyện; tán gẫu

to chat; to gossip

(computing) to chat privately; private chat

(computing) group chat; to have a group chat

for the time being; tentatively

to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent

in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities; in order to get off the hook

to find some consolation (idiom); to find relief in

to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent

to provide on a makeshift basis; to use temporarily as

to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal

better than nothing (idiom)

see 聊城市[Liao2 cheng2 Shi4]

Liaocheng, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]

(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom

chat room

to speak tentatively

to earn a living (esp. with negative)

see 聊表心意[liao2 biao3 xin1 yi4]