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无聊 wúliáo

无聊 wúliáo Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 无聊 wúliáo .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wúliáo | wu2 liao2
English translation
bored
boring
senseless

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About 无聊 wúliáo

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HSK level

4

Traditional form

無聊

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 无聊 wúliáo

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无 wú

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a person (大 dà ) dancing with ornamental leather hides (革 gé ) hanging from his arms, conveying the meaning "dance". Later, two feet (舛 chuǎn ) were added to the bottom of the character to form 舞 wǔ (dance), and 無 wú was borrowed for its sound to re

Positional decomposition

⿱一尢

Number of Strokes

4
聊 liáo

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 ěr represents the meaning and 卯 mǎo represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

卯 mǎo

Semantic compound

耳 ěr

Positional decomposition

⿰耳卯

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 无聊 wúliáo

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我 wǒ 终因无聊 wúliáo 厌烦 yàn fán ,憋 biē 得 dé 面 miàn 呈 chéng 死 sǐ 色 sè .

My face turns dead with boredom.

昨天 zuótiān 我 wǒ 觉得 juéde 无聊 wúliáo ,因此 yīncǐ 我 wǒ 跟 gēn 朋友 péngyou 去 qù 逛 guàng 街 jiē .

I went shopping with my friends yesterday because we were bored.

他 tā 在 zài 无聊 wúliáo 地 de 翻 fān 看 kān 一 yī 本 běn 杂志 zázhì .

He was idly turning the pages of a magazine.

我 wǒ 敢 gǎn 说 shuì 你 nǐ 在 zài 家里 jiā lǐ 感到 gǎn dào 沉闷 chénmèn 无聊 wúliáo .

I dare say you're dull at home.

她 tā 行为 xíngwéi 无聊 wúliáo ,叫 jiào 人 rén 无法 wú fǎ 原谅 yuánliàng 她 tā .

Her silly behaviour puts her in an indefensible position.

无聊 wúliáo Decomposition

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无聊 wúliáo Compounds

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