無聊 (mou4 liu4 | wu2 liao2) : boring; nonsense

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無聊

mou4 liu4

wu2 liao2

[1] boring; bored | [粵]: 冇癮
[2] nonsense; rubbish

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,010,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

無聊 / 无聊

This word has been viewed 9310 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 27th Sep 2004 05:49 and last edited on 1st Nov 2008 18:10

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Characters in this word:

無 mou4 - not; negative; don't have
聊 liu4 - slightly; tentatively; depend on; chat

3 compounds containing this word:

無無聊聊 - being idle
無聊之至 - utterly boring
百無聊賴 - utterly bored

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真係無聊，我唔想玩落去啦！粵
You're being ridiculous, I don't want to mess around any more.
[Lit. really nonsense, I not want play-continue [particle]. 落去 has the meaning of "continue" here and may be suffixed to many verbs.]

佢成日喺度寫埋晒啲無聊嘢﹐我都費事睇。粵
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.

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