尬聊

Chinese

		awkward; embarrassing	to chat; to have a chat; to kill time
trad. (尬聊)		尬	聊
simp. #(尬聊)		尬	聊

Etymology

By analogy with 尬舞 (gàwǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàliáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ liu⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gai³ liao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàliáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàliáo
    • Wade–Giles: ka⁴-liao²
    • Yale: gà-lyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gahliau
    • Palladius: галяо (galjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa³ liu⁴
    • Yale: ga lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³ liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³ liːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gai³ liao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kài liâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ liau⁵⁵/

Verb

尬聊

1. (slang, neologism) to chat awkwardly