枯燥

Chinese

		withered; dried up	dry; parched; impatient
simp. and trad. (枯燥)		枯	燥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kūzào

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄗㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ cou³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khû-châu
Min Nan (POJ): ko͘-sò / kho͘-sò / koa-sò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kūzào
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄗㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kutzaw
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹ cou³
  - Yale: fū chou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ tsou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ cou³
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khû-châu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ku´ zau´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ku¹ zau¹
  - IPA: /kʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sau̯²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-sò
  - Tâi-lô: koo-sò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kosoix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² so²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ so¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ so⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘-sò
  - Tâi-lô: khoo-sò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qosoix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² so²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ so¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-sò
  - Tâi-lô: kua-sò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koasoix
  - IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ so¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ²¹/

Adjective

枯燥

boring; dull; tedious
withered; dried up

Synonyms

(boring):

Synonyms of 枯燥

乏味 (fáwèi)
乾燥／干燥 (gānzào)
乾癟／干瘪 (gānbiě) (of writing)
沒趣／没趣 (méiqù)
無俗／无俗 (Min Nan)
無味／无味 (wúwèi)

無局／无局 (Min Nan)
無想俗／无想俗 (Min Nan)
無聊／无聊 (wúliáo)
無藝／无艺 (Min Nan)
無藝量／无艺量 (Min Nan)
無趣／无趣 (wúqù)

Antonyms

有趣 (yǒuqù)
有意思 (yǒuyìsi)

Related terms

單調／单调 (dāndiào)

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