没 méi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
没意思
méiyìsi
boring, not interesting
Characters in this word
意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
思 sī
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个电影真没意思。 Zhège diànyǐng zhēn méiyìsi. This film is really boring.
- 一个人玩儿没意思。 Yí ge rén wánr méiyìsi. It's no fun playing alone.
- 他觉得上课没意思。 Tā juéde shàngkè méiyìsi. He finds class boring.
Related words
- 没 méi not (have); did not
- 没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter, never mind
- 没什么 méishénme it's nothing, never mind
- 没事儿 méishìr it's nothing, never mind
- 没有 méiyǒu not have, there is no; did not
- 没用 méiyòng useless
- 没错 méicuò correct; right
- 没法儿 méifǎr to have no way to
- 没想到 méi xiǎngdào to not expect
- 淹没 yānmò to drown, to submerge
- 埋没 máimò to bury; to let talent go unnoticed
- 没劲 méijìn boring; listless; to lack energy