无精打采
wújīngdǎcǎi
listless; dispirited
Characters in this word
精 jīng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
打 dǎ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
采 cǎi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 釆 — to distinguish
- Made of
- 爫 claws, nails, talons 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 天气太热了，他无精打采地坐在沙发上看电视。 Tiānqì tài rè le, tā wújīngdǎcǎi de zuò zài shāfā shàng kàn diànshì. The weather was too hot; he sat listlessly on the sofa watching TV.
- 妹妹生病了，一整天都无精打采的。 Mèimei shēngbìng le, yī zhěngtiān dōu wújīngdǎcǎi de. My little sister is sick and has been listless all day.
- 连续下雨一个星期，店里生意不好，老板整天无精打采。 Liánxù xiàyǔ yīgè xīngqī, diàn lǐ shēngyì bù hǎo, lǎobǎn zhěngtiān wújīngdǎcǎi. After a week of continuous rain, business was poor and the shop owner was dispirited all day.
Related words
- 无 wú no; without
- 无法 wúfǎ unable to
- 无聊 wúliáo boring; bored
- 无论 wúlùn no matter
- 无数 wúshù countless
- 无所谓 wúsuǒwèi it does not matter
- 无限 wúxiàn unlimited; endless
- 无奈 wúnài helpless; having no choice
- 无疑 wúyí without doubt
- 毫无 háowú completely without
- 大公无私 dàgōngwúsī selfless; impartial and public-spirited
- 当之无愧 dāngzhīwúkuì fully deserving; worthy of the title