干瘪

乾癟

gānbiě

adjective #28,022

Meanings

1 dried out
2 shriveled
3 wizened
4 (of writing) dry and dull

Characters

shriveled; deflated; sunken

Examples

这些葡萄放了太久，已经干瘪了。

Zhèxiē pútao fàngle tài jiǔ, yǐjīng gānbiě le.

These grapes have been sitting too long and have already shriveled up.

这篇文章写得干瘪无味，读起来很无聊。

Zhè piān wénzhāng xiě de gānbiě wúwèi, dú qǐlái hěn wúliáo.

This article is written in a dry and dull style, very boring to read.

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usage

干瘪 is used both literally (for objects like fruit that have dried and shrunken) and figuratively (for writing, speech, or personalities that lack richness and vitality).

Stroke Order

干 gàn

瘪 biě