"Boring" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 无聊 | wú liáo | bored / boring / senseless |   |
| 没意思 | méi yì si | boring / of no interest | |
| 没劲 | méi jìn | to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest | |
| 生厌 | shēng yàn | to disgust / to pall / fed up / tedious / cloying / boring / irritating | |
| 没有意思 | méi yǒu yì si | boring / of no interest | |
| 腻人 | nì rén | greasy / boring | |
| 螟虫 | míng chóng | boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest | |
| 螟 |  míng | boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest | |
| 钎 | qiān | a drill (for boring through rock) | |
| 钻坚仰高 | zuān jiān yǎng gāo | lit. looking up to it, it gets higher / boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study | |
| 陈谷子烂芝麻 | chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma | lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) / fig. the same boring old gossip | |
| 钎子 | qiān zi | hammer drill for boring through rock | |
| 灰不溜丢 | huī bu liū diū | gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky | |
| 炮钎 | pào qiān | a drill / a hammer drill for boring through rock / same as 釺子|钎子 | |
| 絮烦 | xù fán | boring prattle | |
| 莫名奇妙 | mò míng qí miào | odd / baffling / unaccountable / mysterious / boring (e.g. movie) | |
| 釺 | qiān | a drill (for boring through rock) | |
| 钻心虫 | zuān xīn chóng | boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest | |
| 尿点 | niào diǎn | the boring part of something (film, show, etc.) where a bathroom break can be taken | |
| 盾构机 | dùn gòu jī | tunnel boring machine | |
