(coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly; (literary) to depend upon

to chat; to gossip

to chat; casual conversation

chat room

(slang) awkward conversation; to have a cringeworthy conversation

(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

to speak tentatively

see 聊城市[Liao2 cheng2 Shi4]

to provide on a makeshift basis; to use temporarily as

to earn a living (esp. with negative)

to suffer tedium

to chat flirtatiously

to chat naked (online)

to keep sb company for a chat; (esp.) to be a paid escort

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

erhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1]

to chat; idle gossip

(idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])

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

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

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2]

better than nothing (idiom)

see 聊表心意[liao2 biao3 xin1 yi4]

(idiom) to offer as a small token of one's feelings