枯燥 meaning in English

kūzào

dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious

HSK 7-9adjective26 strokes

Meaning of 枯燥

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kūzào
  1. dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious

枯燥 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

如rú果guǒ没méi有yǒu了le音yīn乐yuè,这zhè个ge世shì界jiè一yí定dìng会huì变biàn得de十shí分fēn枯kū燥zào乏fá味wèi。
If not for music, the world would be a dull place.

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枯 kū · dried out · 9 strokes

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燥 zào · arid · 17 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 枯燥.

干燥gānzào(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry
枯萎kūwěito wilt; to wither
枯竭kūjiéused up; dried up
干枯gānkūwithered; shriveled; dried-up

Questions about 枯燥

What does 枯燥 mean?

枯燥 (kūzào) means "dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 枯燥?

枯燥 is made of 2 characters: 枯 (9 strokes), 燥 (17 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.

Is 枯燥 an HSK word?

Yes. 枯燥 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.