Bored in Chinese (Mandarin): 无聊 (wúliáo)
无聊
wúliáo
bored
- Simplified
- 无聊
- Traditional
- 無聊
- Pinyin
- wúliáo
- Typed as
- wuliao
Use it in a sentence
下雨不能出去玩，我很无聊。
下雨不能出去玩，我很無聊。
It is raining and I can't go out to play, so I am bored.
The characters in 无聊
无 / 無
Without, none.
4 strokes
聊
To chat. 耳 (ear) is on the left.
11 strokes
无聊 is "nothing to chat about": bored, or boring. It works for both: 我很无聊 (I'm bored), 这本书很无聊 (this book is boring).
More examples with 无聊
这个电影很无聊。
這個電影很無聊。
Zhège diànyǐng hěn wúliáo.
This movie is boring.
我好无聊，我们玩游戏吧。
我好無聊，我們玩遊戲吧。
Wǒ hǎo wúliáo, wǒmen wán yóuxì ba.
I'm so bored, let's play a game.
How to write 无聊 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
无 4 strokes
聊 11 strokes
In Traditional characters:
無 12 strokes
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