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无聊 (wú liáo): Bored (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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无 • wú • without • HSK 2.0 L4
HSK 4
wú无

without

聊 • liáo • to chat, to depend on
liáo聊

to chat, to depend on

Word Info

Pinyinwú liáo
Meaningbored; boring
Characters2
SyntaxNoun

HSK 4 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 无聊.

  • 当时dāng shíat that time
  • 符合fú hétally with; accord with
  • 关键guān jiàncrucial (point)
  • 获得huò déobtain; win
  • 镜子jìng zimirror
  • 从来cóng láialways
  • 出差chū chāigo on business trip
  • 按时àn shíon time
  • 否则fǒu zéif not
  • 儿童ér tóngchild; children
  • 不得不bù dé bùto have to
  • 大概dà gàiprobably; maybe
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 无聊.

Words with 无
  • 无法wú fǎunable
  • 无论wú lùnno matter what or how
  • 无关wú guānunrelated
  • 无奈
wú nài
cannot help but; have no alternative; have no choice
  • 无效wú xiàonot valid
  • 无数wú shùinnumerable; countless; myriad
  • 无限wú xiànunlimited
  • 无所谓wú suǒ wèito be indifferent
    • Words with 聊
    • 聊天liáo tiānto chat
    • 聊天儿liáo tiān rto chat (colloquial)
    • 聊聊liáo liáoto chat; to have a talk
    • 闲聊xián liáoto chat casually
    4.

    Readings & Senses

    wú liáo(wu liao)
    1. [noun]bored; boring[HSK4]
    2. [adjective]bored; boring[HSK 3.0 · L4]
    5.

    How to Use 无聊 in Sentences

    Adjective + Nounwith人
    wú无
    liáo聊
    de的
    rén人
    neutral
    boring person
    Adverb + Adjectivewith很
    hěn很
    wú无
    liáo聊
    Verb + Objectwith感到
    gǎn感
    dào到
    wú无
    liáo聊
    Adjective + Complementwith透顶
    wú无
    liáo聊
    tòu透
    dǐng顶
    6.

    Example Sentences with 无聊

    jīn今
    tiān天
    hěn很
    wú无
    liáo聊
    。
    neutral
    very boring
    neutral
    feel bored
    informal
    Spoken
    extremely boring
    Today is very boring.
    zhōu周
    mò末
    rú如
    guǒ果
    bù不
    chū出
    mén门
    ，
    zài在
    jiā家
    dài待
    zhe着
    huì会
    hěn很
    wú无
    liáo聊
    。
    If I don't go out on the weekend, staying at home will be very boring.
    rǒng冗
    cháng长
    de的
    huì会
    yì议
    nèi内
    róng容
    ràng让
    xǔ许
    duō多
    yù与
    huì会
    zhě者
    gǎn感
    dào到
    wú无
    liáo聊
    。
    The lengthy meeting content made many attendees feel bored.
    zhè这
    běn本
    shū书
    tài太
    wú无
    liáo聊
    le了
    ，
    wǒ我
    bù不
    xiǎng想
    kàn看
    le了
    。
    This book is too boring; I don't want to read it anymore.
    nǐ你
    jué觉
    de得
    yí一
    gè个
    rén人
    lǚ旅
    háng行
    huì会
    bu不
    huì会
    hěn很
    wú无
    liáo聊
    ？
    Do you think traveling alone would be boring?