無聊

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Chinese

not have to chat; to have a chat; to kill time
trad. (無聊) 無 聊
simp. (无聊) 无 聊

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 無 聊
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 武夫切 落蕭切
Baxter mju lew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɨo/ /leu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mio/ /leu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mio/ /leu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muə̆/ /lɛw/
Li
Rong 		/mio/ /leu/
Wang
Li 		/mĭu/ /lieu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯u/ /lieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wú liáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mou4 liu4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 無 聊
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wú liáo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mju › ‹ lew ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ma/ /*ˁiw/
English not have rely on

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 無 聊
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13117 8878
Phonetic
component 		無 卯
Rime
group 		魚 幽
Rime
subdivision 		0 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		無 聊
Old
Chinese 		/*ma/ /*m·rɯːw/

Adjective

無聊

  1. bored (suffering from boredom)
    我沒什麼事幹，正無聊著。 [MSC, trad.]
    我没什么事干，正无聊着。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ méi shénme shì gàn, zhèng wúliáo zhe.
    I haven't been up to much, just being bored.
  2. boring; tedious; drab; dull
    這部電影很無聊。 [MSC, trad.]
    这部电影很无聊。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè bù diànyǐng hěn wúliáo.
    This movie is boring.
    連這種事兒也吵得起來，你們兩個真無聊。 [MSC, trad.]
    连这种事儿也吵得起来，你们两个真无聊。 [MSC, simp.]
    Lián zhèi zhǒng shìr yě chǎo de qǐlái, nǐmen liǎng ge zhēn wúliáo.
    Even this kind of thing can get you into an argument. You two are so tedious.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Descendants

  • English: bo liao
Sino-Xenic (無聊):

Verb

無聊

  1. (literary) to have no way out; to have no alternative
  2. (literary, archaic) to be impoverished with nothing to rely on

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無 聊
ぶ
Grade: 4 		りょう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Adjective

無(ぶ)聊(りょう) • (buryō) -na (adnominal 無(ぶ)聊(りょう)な (buryō na), adverbial 無(ぶ)聊(りょう)に (buryō ni))

  1. bored

Inflection

Inflection of 無聊
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 無聊だろ ぶりょうだろ buryō daro
Continuative (連用形) 無聊で ぶりょうで buryō de
Terminal (終止形) 無聊だ ぶりょうだ buryō da
Attributive (連体形) 無聊な ぶりょうな buryō na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 無聊なら ぶりょうなら buryō nara
Imperative (命令形) 無聊であれ ぶりょうであれ buryō de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 無聊ではない
無聊じゃない 		ぶりょうではない
ぶりょうじゃない 		buryō de wa nai
buryō ja nai
Informal past 無聊だった ぶりょうだった buryō datta
Informal negative past 無聊ではなかった
無聊じゃなかった 		ぶりょうではなかった
ぶりょうじゃなかった 		buryō de wa nakatta
buryō ja nakatta
Formal 無聊です ぶりょうです buryō desu
Formal negative 無聊ではありません
無聊じゃありません 		ぶりょうではありません
ぶりょうじゃありません 		buryō de wa arimasen
buryō ja arimasen
Formal past 無聊でした ぶりょうでした buryō deshita
Formal negative past 無聊ではありませんでした
無聊じゃありませんでした 		ぶりょうではありませんでした
ぶりょうじゃありませんでした 		buryō de wa arimasen deshita
buryō ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 無聊で ぶりょうで buryō de
Conditional 無聊なら（ば） ぶりょうなら（ば） buryō nara (ba)
Provisional 無聊だったら ぶりょうだったら buryō dattara
Volitional 無聊だろう ぶりょうだろう buryō darō
Adverbial 無聊に ぶりょうに buryō ni
Degree 無聊さ ぶりょうさ buryōsa

Noun

無(ぶ)聊(りょう) • (buryō) 

  1. ennui, tedium
    • 1932, 魯迅, 阿Ｑ正伝:
      もし相手(あいて)が羊(ヒツジ)のようなものだったら、彼(かれ)はかえって勝利(しょうり)の無聊(ぶりょう)を感(かん)じる。
      Moshi aite ga hitsuji no yō na mono dattara, kare wa kaette shōri no buryō o kanjiru.
      Conversely, if his opponent is too weak, he will feel tedium in winning.
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