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Definition
Dull; boring; causing someone to lose interest or feel tedious.
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How it's used
Focuses specifically on the lack of stimulation or excitement in an activity or environment. It often implies a sense of monotony or a lack of variety that makes time feel like it is dragging. While it can describe a person, it is more commonly used to characterize situations, tasks, or events.
Examples
This job is so boring, doing the same things every day.
Do you find this lecture boring or not?
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Common mistake
Avoid using it to describe a person who is socially awkward or shy, as that is better expressed by words like 怕醜 or 內向. It is strictly for things that lack interest or excitement.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
