枯索

Chinese

		withered; dried up	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
simp. and trad. (枯索)		枯	索

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kusuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-so³
    • Yale: kū-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kusuoo
    • Palladius: кусо (kuso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

枯索

1. (literary) withered; shrivelled; wilted
2. (literary) boring; tedious; drab; dull

Synonyms

• (withered): 枯萎 (kūwěi), 憔悴 (qiáocuì)
• (boring):

• 乏味 (fáwèi)
• 乾燥／干燥 (gānzào)
• 乾癟／干瘪 (gānbiě) (of writing)
• 俗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 單一／单一 (dānyī)
• 單調／单调 (dāndiào)
• 枯燥 (kūzào)
• 沒趣／没趣 (méiqù)
• 無俗／无俗 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 無味／无味 (wúwèi)
• 無局／无局 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 無想俗／无想俗 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 無聊／无聊 (wúliáo)
• 無藝／无艺 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 無藝量／无艺量 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 無趣／无趣 (wúqù)