# 枯燥 (kūzào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 枯燥 (kūzào) means “dry and dull; tedious”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: dry and dull; tedious
- Pinyin: kūzào (ku1 zao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这份工作虽然枯燥，但很稳定。
  Zhè fèn gōngzuò suīrán kūzào, dàn hěn wěndìng.
  Although this job is tedious, it is very stable.

## Characters

- 枯 (kū): (of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up
- 燥 (zào): dry; parched; impatient; vexed

https://hanziro.com/word/ku-zao-dry-and-dull/

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