Chinese symbol for “dull”
无趣
wú qù
Traditional: 無趣
dull; vapid; colorless
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dull is 无趣 (wú qù), defined as: dull; vapid; colorless.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dull”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呆滞 (呆滯) | dāi zhì | dull; lifeless |
| 索然 | suǒ rán | dull; dry |
| 索然无味 (索然無味) | suǒ rán wú wèi | dull; insipid |
| 痴呆 | chī dāi | stupid; dull; (medicine) dementia |
| 暗淡 | àn dàn | dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 无趣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
| 毫无 (毫無) | háo wú | not in the least; to completely lack |
| 无限 (無限) | wú xiàn | unlimited; unbounded; infinite |
| 无关 (無關) | wú guān | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) |
| 无数 (無數) | wú shù | countless; numberless |
| 兴趣 (興趣) | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 有趣 | yǒu qù | interesting; fascinating; amusing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dull”.
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