聊天 (liáotiān) means To chat; to gossip †. Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他喜欢跟邻居 聊天 。
Tā xǐhuan gēn línjū liáotiān.
He likes chatting with the neighbours.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 聊天
我们一边喝茶一边 聊天 。
Wǒmen yìbiān hē chá yìbiān liáotiān.
We chat while drinking tea.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 聊天
谢谢你陪我 聊天 。
Xièxie nǐ péi wǒ liáo tiān.
Thank you for keeping me company and chatting.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 陪
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From the graded readers
她住在九楼，我们一边走一边 聊天 。
tā zhù zài jiǔ lóu, wǒmen yībiān zǒu yībiān liáo tiān.
She lives on the ninth floor, and we chatted as we climbed.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
From the travel phrasebook
我保留了 聊天 记录。
Wǒ bǎoliú le liáotiān jìlù.
I've kept the chat log.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
Questions about 聊天
How is 聊天 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 聊天 (liáotiān, "To chat; to gossip †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 聊天 an HSK word?
Yes — 聊天 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 聊天?
The dictionary page for 聊天 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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