Dry and dull in Chinese: 枯燥 (kū zào)
kū zào
dry and dull
Definitions
- 1dry and dull
- 2uninteresting
- 3dry-as-dust
Stroke order
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Zhuyin
This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.
ㄎㄨ
kū
ㄗㄠˋ
zào
Example sentences
See 枯燥 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.
这本书的内容非常枯燥。
zhè běn shū de nèi róng fēi cháng kū zào。
The content of this book is extremely dull.
Related words
干燥
gān zào
to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
哭泣
kū qì
to weep
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
窟窿
kū long
hole
苦力
kǔ lì
bitter work
苦练
kǔ liàn
to train hard
苦难
kǔ nàn
suffering
苦恼
kǔ nǎo
vexed
苦笑
kǔ xiào
to force a smile
苦心
kǔ xīn
painstaking effort
酷似
kù sì
to strikingly resemble
夸大
kuā dà
to exaggerate
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