没意思 méiyìsi
“boring; uninteresting; pointless”
adjectiveTraditional 沒意思
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
没意思 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 398: 没意思 méiyìsi — Level 2; official annotation 2. PDF page 89
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 没意思
没意思 (méiyìsi) means "boring, uninteresting" and is the direct opposite of 有意思. It is used as a predicate with 很/真/特别: 这本书很没意思. Common patterns are 觉得……没意思 and 看电影没意思. It can also mean "pointless," as in 说这些没意思.
例句Example sentences
- 这个电影很没意思，我们看别的吧。zhè ge diàn yǐng hěn méi yì si, wǒ men kàn bié de ba.This movie is boring; let's watch something else.
- 他觉得一个人在家没意思。tā jué de yí gè rén zài jiā méi yì si.He thinks being home alone is boring.
- 今天下雨，哪儿也不能去，真没意思。jīn tiān xià yǔ, nǎr yě bù néng qù, zhēn méi yì si.It's raining today and we can't go anywhere — it's really boring.
易混词Easily confused
没意思vs无聊
无聊 can describe feeling bored (我很无聊) or something boring (这个节目很无聊). 没意思 usually evaluates something as uninteresting or pointless (这个节目没意思); 我觉得没意思 means "I find it boring".