"廖" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /liːu̯²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /liau³²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /li̯au̯⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /liau³³/ [Hailu, Hakka, Sinological-IPA, Zhudong], /liau⁵³/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /l̃ɑu²⁴²/ [Fuzhou, Min-Dong, Sinological-IPA], /lieu¹¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /lieu²¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /liau²²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /liau⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /liau²²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /liau³³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /liau³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /liau¹¹/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /liou¹¹/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /liɔ²³/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/, /liːu̯²²/, /liau³²/, /li̯au̯⁵⁵/, /liau³³/, /liau⁵³/, /l̃ɑu²⁴²/, /lieu¹¹/, /lieu²¹/, /liau²²/, /liau⁴¹/, /liau²²/, /liau³³/, /liau³³/, /liau¹¹/, /liou¹¹/, /liɔ²³/ Chinese transliterations: liào [Mandarin, Pinyin], liao⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄧㄠˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], liu⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], liau⁵ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], liau [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], liau^˖ [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], liau⁴ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], lâiu [Foochow-Romanized, Min-Dong], lieo⁵ [Puxian-Min], liāu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], liao⁷ [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], liou⁷ [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶liau, liào [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄌㄧㄠˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], liào [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], liao⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], lyàu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], liaw [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], ляо [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], ljao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], liuh [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], liu⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], liu⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], liau⁵ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], liau [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], liau [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], liau⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], liau^˖ [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Zhudong], lâiu [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou, Min-Dong], lieo⁵ [Puxian-Min], lā̤u [Puxian-Min], lieo⁵ [Puxian-Min], liāu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], liau [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], liāu [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], liōu [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], ⁶liau [Northern, Wu], liau^去 [Northern, Wu], ³liau [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu], lew [Middle-Chinese], ljuwH [Middle-Chinese], /*rɯːw/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*rɯːws/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*rɯws/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws): semantic 广 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws), {{Han compound|广|翏|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws): semantic 广 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 廖
  1. (~國) the Zhou dynasty-era state of Liao
    Sense id: en-廖-zh-character--Pl1yWJp Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Eastern Min hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 89 11 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Eastern Min hanzi: 77 23 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 90 10 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-廖-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 廖灣 (Liàowān), 廖湾 (Liàowān), 瑪特廖什卡 (mǎtèliàoshíkǎ), 玛特廖什卡 (mǎtèliàoshíkǎ), 肖廖 (Xiàoliào), 蜀中無大將,廖化作先鋒 / 蜀中无大将,廖化作先锋 (Shǔ zhōng wú dàjiàng, Liào Huà zuò xiānfēng)
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      "word": "廖湾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mǎtèliàoshíkǎ",
      "word": "瑪特廖什卡"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mǎtèliàoshíkǎ",
      "word": "玛特廖什卡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Xiàoliào",
      "word": "肖廖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Shǔ zhōng wú dàjiàng, Liào Huà zuò xiānfēng",
      "word": "蜀中無大將,廖化作先鋒 / 蜀中无大将,廖化作先锋"
    }
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        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "广",
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        "c1": "s",
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        "ls": "psc",
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      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws): semantic 广 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws)",
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  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws): semantic 广 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).",
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          "_dis": "89 11",
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          "_dis": "75 25",
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          "_dis": "77 23",
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          "_dis": "90 10",
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        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
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      "glosses": [
        "the Zhou dynasty-era state of Liao"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "國",
          "國#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~國) the Zhou dynasty-era state of Liao"
      ]
    },
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            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
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              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "Liao Hua (Shu Han military general)",
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          ],
          "roman": "Liào Huà",
          "text": "廖化",
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Liao Zhongkai (Kuomintang leader)",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Liào Zhòngkǎi",
          "text": "廖仲愷",
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              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Liao Zhongkai (Kuomintang leader)",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Liào Zhòngkǎi",
          "text": "廖仲恺",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "a surname"
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      "links": [
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          "surname"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau^˖"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lâiu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lieo⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liao⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liou⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶liau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liaw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ляо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːu̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯au̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau^˖"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lâiu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃ɑu²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lieo⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lā̤u"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieu¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lieo⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieu²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liōu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liou¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶liau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³liau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lew"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljuwH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*rɯːw/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*rɯːws/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*rɯws/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːu̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯au̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃ɑu²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieu²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liou¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔ²³/"
    },
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      "other": "/*rɯːw/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*rɯːws/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*rɯws/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "廖"
}
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      "roman": "Liàowān",
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      "roman": "Liàowān",
      "word": "廖湾"
    },
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      "roman": "mǎtèliàoshíkǎ",
      "word": "瑪特廖什卡"
    },
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      "roman": "mǎtèliàoshíkǎ",
      "word": "玛特廖什卡"
    },
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      "roman": "Xiàoliào",
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      "roman": "Shǔ zhōng wú dàjiàng, Liào Huà zuò xiānfēng",
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              0,
              1
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
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        },
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              0,
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              0,
              4
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            [
              0,
              1
            ]
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        }
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        "a surname"
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        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau^˖"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lâiu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lieo⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liao⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liou⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶liau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liaw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ляо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːu̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯au̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau^˖"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lâiu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃ɑu²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lieo⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lā̤u"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieu¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lieo⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieu²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liōu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liou¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶liau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³liau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lew"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljuwH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*rɯːw/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*rɯːws/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*rɯws/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːu̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯au̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃ɑu²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieu²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liou¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*rɯːw/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*rɯːws/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*rɯws/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "廖"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 廖 meaning in Chinese (7.9kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <ul> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "廖"
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  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "廖",
  "trace": "started on line 80, detected on line 86"
}

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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu)'",
  "path": [
    "廖"
  ],
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  "title": "廖",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ~國",
  "path": [
    "廖"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "definitions",
  "title": "廖",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ~國",
  "path": [
    "廖"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "definitions",
  "title": "廖",
  "trace": ""
}

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