HSK 4 · Emotions

无聊 wúliáo “bored” in Chinese

Traditional 無聊

What 无聊 means

  1. bored
  2. boring
  3. senseless

How to say 无聊

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale无wú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale聊liáo2nd tone, rising

无聊 in a sentence

  1. 好无聊。

    Hǎo wúliáo.

    I’m so bored.

    Sentence #3697870 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他的新电影很无聊。

    Tā de xīn diànyǐng hěn wúliáo.

    His new film is boring.

    Sentence #8835222 from Tatoeba

  3. 呆在家里很无聊。

    Dāi zài jiālǐ hěn wúliáo.

    It’s boring staying at home.

    Sentence #1446982 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 无聊 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 无 (wú) with each of its parts in a different colour
无wúnot to have
  • 一one · yī
  • 尢lame · wāng
The character 聊 (liáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
聊liáoto chat
  • 耳ear · ěrMeaning part
  • 卯part of the characterSound part

How to write 无聊

无 4 strokes · 聊 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

无聊 (wúliáo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 无聊 (wúliáo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 无聊

Words with 无

无wú · not to have无论wúlùn · no matter what or how无法wúfǎ · to be unable to无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无数wúshù · countless无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter无赖wúlài · rogue无比wúbǐ · incomparable无耻wúchǐ · shameless无辜wúgū · innocent

Words with 聊

聊liáo · to chat聊天liáotiān · to chat聊天儿liáotiānr · to chat

More words: Emotions & Feelings

受不了shòubùliǎo · unbearable态度tàidu · attitude讨厌tǎoyàn · to dislike同情tóngqíng · to sympathise with羡慕xiànmù · to envy心情xīnqíng · mood辛苦xīnkǔ · exhausting幸福xìngfú · happiness

FAQs

无聊 (wúliáo) means “bored” or “boring”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it wúliáo: wú with a 2nd tone, then liáo with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 无聊 is written 無聊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wuliao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 无聊 from the suggestions. Typing wuliao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
无聊 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.