僚 (liáo) — (bound form) official; colleague (used in compounds like 官僚, 同僚)
Definition
僚 is a bound form meaning 'official' or 'colleague' — it almost never stands alone, appearing mostly in 官僚 (bureaucracy/official) and 同僚 (colleague, usually a peer in the same workplace).
bound form
(bound form) officialcolleague (used in compounds like 官僚, 同僚)
Examples
- 。Guān liáo zhì dù xū yào gǎi gé.The bureaucratic system needs reform.
- 。Tā shì wǒ de lǎo tóng liáo.He is my old colleague.
- 。Tā men céng shì duō nián de tóng liáo.They were colleagues for many years.
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