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

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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 bā 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 bā, 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 bā le, kàn dào yí bàn wǒ jiù shuì zháo le.
  That movie was so boring — I fell asleep halfway through.