无聊 (wú liáo) — (of a person) bored; (of a thing) boring; senseless; uninteresting
Definition
无聊 describes both feeling bored (a person) and being boring (a thing). It is more common than 没意思, which sounds casual/colloquial, and is more everyday than 枯燥 (written, more emphatic 'dry and dull').
adjective
(of a person) bored(of a thing) boringsenselessuninteresting
Examples
- ，无聊。Zhōu mò yí gè rén zài jiā, wǒ jué de hěn wú liáo.I feel very bored staying home alone on the weekend.
- 无聊，。Zhè běn shū tài wú liáo le, wǒ kàn bú xià qù.This book is too boring; I can't keep reading it.
- 无聊，。Zhè ge yóu xì hěn wú liáo, wǒ men huàn yí gè wán ba.This game is boring; let's play something else.
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