"Dull" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 缓解 | huǎn jiě | to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain) |   |
| 沉闷 | chén mèn | oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled | |
| 干燥 | gān zào | (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure | |
| 淡淡 | dàn dàn | faint / dim / dull / insipid / unenthusiastic / indifferent | |
| 平淡 | píng dàn | flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special | |
| 平板 | píng bǎn | slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] | |
| 无味 | wú wèi | flavorless / unpalatable / odorless / dull / uninteresting | |
| 暗淡 | àn dàn | dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak | |
| 呆滞 | dāi zhì | dull / lifeless / sluggish | |
| 无趣 | wú qù | dull / vapid / colorless | |
| 没趣 | méi qù | embarrassing / dull / unsatisfactory | |
| 索然 | suǒ rán | dull / dry | |
| 干巴巴 | gān bā bā | dry / parched / dull / insipid | |
| 枯 |  kū | (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds | |
| 拙 | zhuō | awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2] | |
| 黯 | àn | (bound form) dark / dull (color) / dim / gloomy | |
| 瘟 | wēn | epidemic / pestilence / plague / (fig.) stupid / dull / (of a performance) lackluster | |
| 索然无味 | suǒ rán wú wèi | dull / insipid | |
| 板滞 | bǎn zhì | stiff / dull | |
| 憃 | chōng | foolish / stupid / dull / silly | |
| 半明不灭 | bàn míng bù miè | dull (lamplight) | |
| 单调乏味 | dān diào fá wèi | monotonous / dull / tedious (idiom) | |
| 暗滞 | àn zhì | dull (complexion) | |
| 驽钝 | nú dùn | (literary) dull / slow-witted | |
| 枯燥 | kū zào | dry and dull / uninteresting / tedious | |
| 淡化 | dàn huà | to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination | |
| 灰暗 | huī àn | dull gray / drab / murky | |
| 灰溜溜 | huī liū liū | dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs | |
| 隐痛 | yǐn tòng | hidden anguish / secret suffering / (medicine) dull pain | |
| 怚 | jù | dull, stupid, suspicious | |
| 灰不喇唧 | huī bù lǎ jī | dull gray / gray and loathsome | |
| 灰不溜丢 | huī bu liū diū | gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky | |
| 无精打彩 | wú jīng dǎ cǎi | dull and colorless (idiom) / lacking vitality / not lively | |
| 迂讷 | yū nè | overcautious / conservative and dull in conversation | |
| 索然寡味 | suǒ rán guǎ wèi | dull and insipid | |
