无聊 (無聊)
wú liáo
Pinyin

Definition

无聊 (無聊)
 - 
wú liáo
  1. bored
  2. boring
  3. senseless

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

无聊
wú liáo
  1. 1 bored
  2. 2 boring
  3. 3 senseless
聊
liáo
  1. 1 to chat
  2. 2 to depend upon (literary)
  3. 3 temporarily
  4. 4 just
  5. 5 slightly
聊天
liáo tiān
  1. 1 to chat
  2. 2 to gossip
民不聊生
mín bù liáo shēng
  1. 1 The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shǐ jì])
  2. 2 no way of getting by
百无聊赖
bǎi wú liáo lài
  1. 1 bored to death (idiom)
  2. 2 bored stiff
  3. 3 overcome with boredom

Idioms (4)

民不聊生
mín bù liáo shēng
  1. 1 The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shǐ jì])
  2. 2 no way of getting by
百无聊赖
bǎi wú liáo lài
  1. 1 bored to death (idiom)
  2. 2 bored stiff
  3. 3 overcome with boredom
聊以自慰
liáo yǐ zì wèi
  1. 1 to find some consolation (idiom)
  2. 2 to find relief in
聊胜于无
liáo shèng yú wú
  1. 1 better than nothing (idiom)

Sample Sentences

只可惜现在还是NBA的休赛期，都没有正式比赛看，无聊了只能去翻翻上赛季比赛的录像，望梅止渴一下。
zhǐ kěxī xiànzài háishì NBA de xiūsàiqī ，dōu méiyǒu zhèngshì bǐsài kàn ，wúliáo le zhǐnéng qù fānfān shàng sàijì bǐsài de lùxiàng ，wàngméizhǐkě yīxià 。
It's just a pity that it is the NBA off-season and there's no official games to watch, so when bored, one can only look through recordings of matches from the previous season, to stem the hunger.
Go to Lesson 
对对对说的有理，在这样的老板手下干活就绝对不能含糊，压力指数超级高，有点无聊不过也相对公平吧。
duìduìduì shuōde yǒulǐ ，zài zhèyàng de lǎobǎn shǒuxià gànhuó jiù juéduì bùnéng hánhú ，yālì zhǐshù chāojí gāo ，yǒudiǎnr wúliáo bùguò yě xiāngduì gōngpíng ba 。
Yes, yes, that makes sense. Working under this kind of boss you really can't be vague, and your stress index will be extremely high. While they might be totally boring, they're also quite fair.
Go to Lesson 
影帝方面就很无聊了，卡西艾弗莱克一路横扫所有大奖，当然他的演出也很值得拿奖，可是这样就不够紧张刺激。
yǐngdì fāngmiàn jiù hěn wúliáo le ，kǎxī àifúláikè yī lù héngsǎo suǒyǒu dàjiǎng ，dāngrán tā de yǎnchū yě hěn zhídé ná jiǎng ，kěshì zhèyàng jiù bù gòu jǐnzhāng cìjī 。
The Best Actor in a Leading Role category is boring, Casey Affleck is set to scoop up all the big awards. Of course his performances are all worthy of the awards, but it doesn't make it very tense or exciting.
Go to Lesson 
难道你就这么盼望放暑假吗？两个月的假期难道你就一点都不觉得无聊吗？
nándào nǐ jiù zhème pànwàng fàng shǔjià ma ？liǎng ge yuè de jiàqī nándào nǐ jiù yīdiǎn dōu bù juéde wúliáo ma ？
How can you be so excited by the summer holidays? Don't you feel the two month holiday is just a little boring?
Go to Lesson 
在学校呆着我才觉得无聊呢，不是上课就是复习，要不就是泡图书馆。
zài xuéxiào dāizhe wǒ cái juéde wúliáo ne ，bùshì shàngkè jiùshì fùxí ，yàobu jiùshì pào túshūguǎn 。
I find zoning out at school more boring, when you're not in class you have to revise, or float stew in the library.
Go to Lesson 
就这样而已吗？我又不懂原住民文化，也听不懂原住民语，不会很无聊吗？
jiù zhèyàngéryǐ ma ？wǒ yòu bù dǒng yuánzhùmín wénhuà ，yě tīng bù dǒng yuánzhùmínyǔ ，bùhuì hěn wúliáo ma ？
That's it? But I don't even understand aboriginal culture and don't understand aboriginal languages, so won't it be quite boring?
Go to Lesson 
无聊的工作，让人很心烦。
wúliáo de gōngzuò ，ràng rén hěn xīnfán 。
Boring work is annoying.
Go to Lesson 
他是个很无趣的人，跟他讲话真无聊。
tā shì gè hěn wúqù de rén ，gēn tā jiǎnghuà zhēn wúliáo 。
He is a really boring person. It's so boring speaking to them.
Go to Lesson 
哇！原来平静的生活对现代人来说，是不可思议的无聊啊。
wā ！yuánlái píngjìng de shēnghuó duì xiàndài rén láishuō ，shì bùkěsīyì de wúliáo ā 。
Wow! Who knew that a peaceful life would be so unimaginably boring for modern people?
Go to Lesson 
要用无聊来形容也无不可，喝茶吧，再不喝都凉了。
yào yòng wúliáo lái xíngróng yě wú bù kě ，hēchá ba ，zài bù hē dōu liáng le 。
You can call it boring I guess, drink some tea, it'll get cold if you don't.
Go to Lesson