Chinese symbol for “tedious”
乏味
fá wèi
tedious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tedious is 乏味 (fá wèi), defined as: tedious.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tedious”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烦琐 (煩瑣) | fán suǒ | tedious; convoluted |
| 枯燥无味 (枯燥無味) | kū zào wú wèi | tedious; dreary |
| 枯燥 | kū zào | dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious |
| 琐碎 (瑣碎) | suǒ suì | trifling; trivial |
| 生厌 (生厭) | shēng yàn | to disgust; to pall |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乏味.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缺乏 | quē fá | to lack; to be short of |
| 不乏 | bù fá | there is no lack of |
| 匮乏 (匱乏) | kuì fá | to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) |
| 贫乏 (貧乏) | pín fá | impoverished; lacking |
| 乏力 | fá lì | lacking in strength; weak; feeble; not up to the task |
| 意味着 (意味著) | yì wèi zhe | to signify; to mean |
| 味道 | wèi dao | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) |
| 口味 | kǒu wèi | a person's preferences; tastes (in food) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tedious”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.