HSK 6 vocabulary › 枯燥
枯燥
枯燥 in English: dry and dull; uninteresting
kū zào
dry and dull; uninteresting
How to pronounce 枯燥
kū zào (without tone marks: ku zao). kū is a first (high, level) tone; zào is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 枯燥
枯 kū
(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
燥 zào
dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat
dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat
Related words
| 干燥 | gān zào | to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc); desiccation | HSK 5 |
| 枯萎 | kū wěi | to wilt; to wither | HSK 6 |