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无聊

wú liáo

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 無聊

无聊 (wú liáo) means "bored/boring". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 无聊 means

1. bored
2. boring
3. senseless

The characters in 无聊

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 聊liáo(colloquial) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly

Example sentences

• 无聊。
  I'm bored.
• 好无聊。
  I am bored.
• 这太无聊了。
  This is so boring.
• 生病很无聊。
  Being sick is very boring.
• 真的很无聊。
  It's so boring.
• 那真是无聊。
  That was really boring.

Words containing 无聊

• 百无聊赖bǎi wú liáo lài(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom

Where 无聊 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Physical sensations & states (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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