無聊

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. [Pinyin]

   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. [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.

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

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

• English: bo liao

無聊 (literary)

1. (obsolete) to have no way out; to have no alternative

   • 今王始詐病，及覺，見責急，愈益閉，恐上誅之，計乃無聊。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     今王始诈病，及觉，见责急，愈益闭，恐上诛之，计乃无聊。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Jīn wáng shǐ zhàbìng, jí jiào, jiànzé jí, yùyì bì, kǒng shàng zhū zhī, jì nǎi wúliáo. [Pinyin]

     Now, first the King feigned to be ill, [but] when this was revealed, he was fiercely investigated and became more and more reticent, and when he feared that the Sovereign would execute him, [his] plans only then turned out to have no way out.

2. (archaic) to be impoverished with nothing to rely on

   • 與子別後，益復無聊。上念老母，臨年被戮；妻子無辜，並為鯨鯢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     与子别后，益复无聊。上念老母，临年被戮；妻子无辜，并为鲸鲵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa early 1^st century B.C.E., Li Ling,《答蘇武書》, translation based on Herbert A. Giles's work, 1922.

     Yǔ zǐ bié hòu, yì fù wúliáo. Shàng niàn lǎomǔ, línnián bèi lù; qīzǐ wúgū, bìng wéi jīngní. [Pinyin]

     The day of thy departure left me disconsolate indeed. I thought of my aged mother butchered upon the threshold of the grave. I thought of my innocent wife and child, condemned to the same cruel fate.

3. to suffer from loneliness and/or spiritual emptiness

   • 其後二年，余久卧病無聊，乃使人復葺南閤子，其制稍異於前。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     其后二年，余久卧病无聊，乃使人复葺南阁子，其制稍异于前。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1539, Gui Youguang, 《項脊軒志》 (Reminiscences of Studio Xiangji)

     Qíhòu èr nián, yú jiǔ wòbìng wúliáo, nǎi shǐ rén fù qì nán gézi, qí zhì shāo yìyú qián. [Pinyin]

     Another two years later, I fell ill and lay in bed for a long time. As I had nothing to do, I had my study repaired and renovated. The room was slightly different from before.

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

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.