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枯燥 kūzào

枯燥 kūzào Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 枯燥 kūzào .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kūzào | ku1 zao4
English translation
dry and dull
uninteresting
dry-as-dust

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Traditional form

枯燥 kūzào

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 枯燥 kūzào

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

木古

Number of Strokes

9
zào

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and zào represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

zào

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Positional decomposition

火喿

Number of Strokes

17

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Example sentences using 枯燥 kūzào

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chūn yuè yǒu 热情 rèqíng , yǒu 才智 cái zhì ,生活 shēnghuó zài 枯燥 kūzào , Néng 适应 shìyìng .

And Spring Moon had the zest and wit to season the most prosaic of lives.

zhè běn 枯燥 kūzào 乏味 fá wèi de Shū 幸亏 xìngkuī Jiā le 一些 yī xiē 精彩 jīngcǎi de 插图 chā tú cái 变得 biàn de 生动 shēngdòng 有趣 yǒuqù .

The otherwise dreary book is enlivened by some very amusing illustrations.

这样 zhè yàng 枯燥 kūzào de 生活 shēnghuó Néng 培育 péiyù chū qióng máng ?

How could such an boring job train an non - working - poor?

shì 一份按部就班 àn bù jiù bān 枯燥乏味 de 无聊 wúliáo 差事 chà shì

It was a methodical, unexciting chore.

shì 一堆 yī duī 枯燥乏味毫无 háowú 幽默感 yōu mò gǎn de 废话 fèihuà

It is a tedious, humourless load of crap.

枯燥 kūzào Decomposition

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枯燥 kūzào Compounds

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