無聊

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúliáo

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ liu⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): u⁴ lieu⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-liàu / vù-liàu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bû-liâu / bô-liâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ liao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúliáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúliáo
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-liao²
  - Yale: wú-lyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuliau
  - Palladius: уляо (uljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ liu⁴
  - Yale: mòuh lìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ liu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ liu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ liːu̯²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: u⁴ lieu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ liɛu³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-liàu / vù-liàu
  - Hakka Romanization System: moˇ liauˇ / vuˇ liauˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² liau² / vu² liau²
  - Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ li̯au̯¹¹/, /vu¹¹ li̯au̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-liàu
  - Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ liauˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² liau²
  - Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ li̯au̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-liâu
  - Tâi-lô: bû-liâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buliaau
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ liau²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² liau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² liau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-liâu
  - Tâi-lô: bô-liâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boiliaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ liau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ liau²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bho⁵ liao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô liâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ liau⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: mju lew

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

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ma [r]ˤiw/

(Zhengzhang): /*ma m·rɯːw/

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/	/*[r]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. [t] 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

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. [Pinyin]
I haven't been up to much, just being bored.
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. [Pinyin]
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. [Pinyin]
Even this kind of thing can get you into an argument. You two are so tedious.

Synonyms

(bored): (literary) 無賴／无赖 (wúlài), (Hokkien) 無想俗／无想俗, (Cantonese) 悶／闷 (mèn)
(boring):

乏味 (fáwèi)
乾燥／干燥 (gānzào)
乾癟／干瘪 (gānbiě) (of writing)
俗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
單一／单一 (dānyī)
單調／单调 (dāndiào)
枯燥 (kūzào)
枯索 (kūsuǒ) (literary)
沒趣／没趣 (méiqù)
無俗／无俗 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
無味／无味 (wúwèi)
無局／无局 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
無想俗／无想俗 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
無藝／无艺 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
無藝量／无艺量 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
無趣／无趣 (wúqù)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “boring”): 有趣 (yǒuqù), 有意思 (yǒuyìsi)

Descendants

English: bo liao

Sino-Xenic (無聊):

→ Japanese: 無聊(ぶりょう) (buryō)
→ Korean: 무료(無聊) (muryo)
→ Vietnamese: vô liêu (無聊)

Verb

無聊

(literary) to have no way out; to have no alternative
(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))

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)

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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