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没趣 (méi qù) — boring; uninteresting; insipid; feel put out; feel snubbed (used in 自讨没趣 or 觉得没趣)

Definition

没趣 is a set-phrase adjective usually appearing as 自讨没趣 ('asking for a snub') or 觉得没趣 ('to feel snubbed'). Don't confuse with 无趣, the plain 'boring/uninteresting'.

adjective
boringuninterestinginsipidfeel put outfeel snubbed (used in 自讨没趣 or 觉得没趣)

Examples

  • 没趣，。
    Zhè běn shū hěn méi qù, wǒ kàn le yí bàn jiù bù xiǎng kàn le.
    This book is so boring that I didn't want to keep reading after halfway.
  • ，没趣。
    Bèi jù jué hòu, tā jué de shí fēn méi qù.
    After being rejected, he felt very put out.
  • 。
    Nǐ zuì hǎo bié zì tǎo méi qù.
    You'd better not ask for a snub.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

没méilack
趣qùinterest

没 means lacking and 趣 means interest, giving an uninteresting feel.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 沒; 没 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠬛
𠬛𠬛沒mò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 沒 pairs 水 (water) with 𠬛 as a sound part; this note is about 沒, not the simplified 没.

Open 没 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
走走zǒuwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
取
取qǔ趣qù
Same sound today

趣 has 走, showing walking or hurrying, and 取, which gives the sound; the shape points to moving toward something.

Open 趣 →
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Emotions & FeelingsGood & Bad

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