干巴 (gān) — dry and shriveled, dried out (of food or skin); dull, uninteresting, boring (figurative); thin, skinny (of a person)

Definition

Examples

• 这个面包放了两天，已经变得很干巴了。
  Zhè ge miàn bāo fàng le liǎng tiān, yǐ jīng biàn de hěn gān le.
  This bread has been sitting for two days and has become very dry and stale.
• 冬天我的手总是很干巴，需要多擦护手霜。
  Dōng tiān wǒ de shǒu zǒng shì hěn gān, xū yào duō cā hù shǒu shuāng.
  In winter my hands are always dry and chapped; I need to apply more hand cream.
• 那部电影太干巴了，看到一半我就睡着了。
  Nà bù diàn yǐng tài gān le, kàn dào yí bàn wǒ jiù shuì zháo le.
  That movie was so boring — I fell asleep halfway through.