Boring in Chinese
boring · HSK 2
没意思
- 没 not have
- 意 idea
- 思 to think
Other ways to say boring
More words with 没 or 意 or 思
How do you say boring in Chinese?
Boring in Chinese is 没意思 (méi yì si). You can also say 枯燥 (kū zào), 无聊 (wú liáo).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.