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無聊

简 无聊 · 繁 無聊
Mandarin · pinyin wú liáo

Meanings

  1. bored
  2. boring
  3. senseless
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無
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聊
liáo · somewhat, slightly, at least
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
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2–2 · wu2 liao2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou4 liu4

Cantonese word readings for 無聊. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

adj

  1. bored (suffering from boredom)
  2. boring; tedious; drab; dull

verb

  1. (obsolete) to have no way out; to have no alternative
  2. (archaic) to be impoverished with nothing to rely on
  3. (literary) to suffer from loneliness and/or spiritual emptiness

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