没意思
méi yì si
Pinyin

Definition

没意思
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méi yì si
  1. boring
  2. of no interest

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Zhōng Yì
  1. 1 Sino-Italian
rèn yì
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 arbitrary
  3. 3 at will
  4. 4 at random
chuàng yì
  1. 1 creative
  2. 2 creativity
zài yì
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 to mind
hǎo yì si
  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 what a cheek!
  3. 3 to feel no shame
  4. 4 to overcome the shame
  5. 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
rú yì
  1. 1 as one wants
  2. 2 according to one's wishes
  3. 3 ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
dé yì
  1. 1 proud of oneself
  2. 2 pleased with oneself
  3. 3 complacent
sī niàn
  1. 1 to think of
  2. 2 to long for
  3. 3 to miss
sī xiǎng
  1. 1 thought
  2. 2 thinking
  3. 3 idea
  4. 4 ideology
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
sī kǎo
  1. 1 to reflect on
  2. 2 to ponder over
yì wài
  1. 1 unexpected
  2. 2 accident
  3. 3 mishap
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
yì si
  1. 1 idea
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 meaning
  4. 4 wish
  5. 5 desire
  6. 6 interest
  7. 7 fun
  8. 8 token of appreciation, affection etc
  9. 9 CL:個|个[gè]
  10. 10 to give as a small token
  11. 11 to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
yì yì
  1. 1 sense
  2. 2 meaning
  3. 3 significance
  4. 4 importance
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
yì jiàn
  1. 1 idea
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 suggestion
  4. 4 objection
  5. 5 complaint
  6. 6 CL:點|点[diǎn],條|条[tiáo]
yì shí
  1. 1 consciousness
  2. 2 awareness
  3. 3 to be aware
  4. 4 to realize
qiè yì
  1. 1 satisfied
  2. 2 pleased
  3. 3 contented
yǒu yì si
  1. 1 interesting
  2. 2 meaningful
  3. 3 enjoyable
  4. 4 fun
zhù yì
  1. 1 to take note of
  2. 2 to pay attention to
mǎn yì
  1. 1 satisfied
  2. 2 pleased
  3. 3 to one's satisfaction
shēng yì
  1. 1 life force
  2. 2 vitality

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
  1. 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
不可思议
bù kě sī yì
  1. 1 inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
  2. 2 unfathomable
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意,攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
  1. 1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛,礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
只可意会,不可言传
zhǐ kě yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
  1. 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
可以意会,不可言传
kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
  1. 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle

Sample Sentences

海豚没意思。我们去看鲨鱼!
hǎitún méi yìsi 。wǒmen qù kàn shāyú !
The dolphins are boring. Let's go see the sharks!
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悲催,好吧,那就是不必在对你没意思的人身上浪费时间咯,那万一一撩就反应呢,互相也都加了微信了。
bēisuī ,hǎoba ,nà jiùshì búbì zài duì nǐ méi yìsi de rén shēnshàng làngfèi shíjiān lo ,nà wànyī yī liáo jiù fǎnyìng ne ,hùxiāng yě dōu jiā le wēixìn le 。
It's enough to bring you to tears. OK, so one shouldn't waste time on people who aren't interested in you, so what about if someone reacts as soon as you interact with them, and you both add each other on WeChat?
一直说请客,但一直不出现,他这个人真没意思。
yīzhí shuō qǐngkè ,dàn yīzhí bù chūxiàn ,tā zhè ge rén zhēn méiyìsi 。
He always says he wants to buy dinner, but he never turns up, he's all talk.
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奶奶,走,去玩跷跷板。滑滑梯的都是小宝宝,没意思。
nǎinai ,zǒu ,qù wán qiāoqiāobǎn 。huá huátī de dōu shì xiǎobǎobao ,méi yìsi 。
Grandma, let's go play on the seesaw. There are too many little kids on the slide. It's no fun.
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没意思
méi yìsi
not interesting
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其实小型犬没意思,养大狗才过瘾。像哈士奇,萨摩耶之类的。
qíshí xiǎoxíngquǎn méi yìsi ,yǎng dà gǒu cái guòyǐn 。xiàng Hāshìqí ,Sàmóyē zhīlèi de 。
To tell the truth, small breeds really aren’t interesting. You can‘t be satisfied until you raise a big dog. Something like a Husky or a Samoyed.
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哎,每年年会的节目都差不多。不是唱歌,就是跳舞。真没意思!
āi ,měinián niánhuì de jiémù dōu chàbuduō 。bùshì chànggē ,jiùshì tiàowǔ 。zhēn méi yìsi !
Ah, these annual meeting performances are the same every year. It's either singing or dancing. So lame!
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我知道,都是些招聘超市收银员的职位,没意思。
wǒ zhīdào ,dōu shì xiē zhāopìn chāoshì shōuyínyuán de zhíwèi ,méi yìsi 。
I know. Those are all supermarket cashier positions. They're boring.
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没意思,我总感觉做公务员始终会被管手管脚的,不能独立思考。
méi yìsi ,wǒ zǒng gǎnjué zuò gōngwùyuán shǐzhōng huì bèi guǎnshǒuguǎnjiǎo de ,bùnéng dúlì sīkǎo 。
It'd be boring. I've always felt that being a government employee means being supervised and controlled at all times. You can't think for yourself.
什么道教名山,没意思。我想去迪斯尼。
shénme Dàojiào míngshān ,méi yìsi 。wǒ xiǎng qù Dísīní 。
Famous Taoist mountains? That's so boring. I want to go to Disneyland.
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