机 機 jī (bound form) machine / mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point / pivot / (bound form) quick-witted / flexible / (bound form) organic syn 心灵 心靈 xīn líng bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit syn 缓解 緩解 huǎn jiě to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain) syn 木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1] syn 沉闷 沉悶 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled syn 枯燥 kū zào dry and dull / uninteresting / tedious syn 机智 機智 jī zhì quick-witted / resourceful syn 机灵 機靈 jī ling clever / quick-witted syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 机灵鬼 機靈鬼 jī líng guǐ (jocular) clever and quick-witted person syn 笨 bèn stupid / foolish / silly / slow-witted / clumsy syn 淡淡 dàn dàn faint / dim / dull / insipid / unenthusiastic / indifferent syn 平淡 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special syn 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 无味 無味 wú wèi flavorless / unpalatable / odorless / dull / uninteresting syn 淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn 暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak syn 剔透 tī tòu pure and limpid / (of a person) quick-witted 呆滞 呆滯 dāi zhì dull / lifeless / sluggish syn 灰暗 huī àn dull gray / drab / murky syn 无趣 無趣 wú qù dull / vapid / colorless 机警 機警 jī jǐng perceptive / astute / sharp / sharp-witted / vigilant / alert syn 没趣 沒趣 méi qù embarrassing / dull / unsatisfactory syn 傻乎乎 shǎ hū hū feeble-minded / dim-witted syn 麻利 má li swift / agile / efficient / quick-witted (colloquial) syn 灰溜溜 huī liū liū dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs syn 急中生智 jí zhōng shēng zhì quick witted in an emergency / able to react resourcefully syn 隐痛 隱痛 yǐn tòng hidden anguish / secret suffering / (medicine) dull pain syn 聪敏 聰敏 cōng mǐn bright / sharp / quick-witted syn 愚钝 愚鈍 yú dùn stupid / slow-witted syn 索然 suǒ rán dull / dry syn 干巴巴 乾巴巴 gān bā bā dry / parched / dull / insipid syn 十三点 十三點 shí sān diǎn half-witted / nitwit 急智 jí zhì quick witted / able to think fast in an emergency syn 缺心眼 quē xīn yǎn stupid / senseless / dim-witted 敏 mǐn (bound form) quick / nimble / agile / (bound form) quick-witted / smart 枯 kū (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds syn 拙 zhuō awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2] syn 黯 àn (bound form) dark / dull (color) / dim / gloomy 瘟 wēn epidemic / pestilence / plague / (fig.) stupid / dull / (of a performance) lackluster syn 惺 xīng (literary) to come to one's senses / to awaken / (literary) astute / sharp-witted 聪明伶俐 聰明伶俐 cōng ming líng lì clever and quick-witted syn 索然无味 索然無味 suǒ rán wú wèi dull / insipid syn 灵动 靈動 líng dòng to be quick-witted syn 心拙口笨 xīn zhuō kǒu bèn dull-witted and tongue-tied 驽钝 nú dùn (literary) dull / slow-witted syn 思维敏捷 思維敏捷 sī wéi mǐn jié quick-witted / agile of mind 思路敏捷 sī lù mǐn jié quick-witted 灵利 靈利 líng lì clever / bright / quick-witted 麻力 má li swift / agile / efficient / quick witted (colloquial) / also written 麻利[ma2 li5] 伹 qū clumsy and dumb / slow-witted 缪巧 繆巧 miù qiǎo plan / scheme / intelligent / quick-witted 少根筋 shǎo gēn jīn (coll.) dim-witted / foolish / absent-minded 文不加点 文不加點 wén bù jiā diǎn to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom) / to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions syn 聪明伶俐 聰明伶俐 cōng ming - líng lì (idiom) bright / clever / quick-witted syn 板滞 板滯 bǎn zhì stiff / dull syn 憃 chōng foolish / stupid / dull / silly 怚 jù dull, stupid, suspicious 半明不灭 半明不滅 bàn míng bù miè dull (lamplight) 单调乏味 單調乏味 dān diào fá wèi monotonous / dull / tedious (idiom) 灰不喇唧 huī bù lǎ jī dull gray / gray and loathsome 灰不溜丢 灰不溜丟 huī bu liū diū gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky 无精打彩 無精打彩 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dull and colorless (idiom) / lacking vitality / not lively 眄眄 miàn miàn dull-looking / looking askance 迂讷 迂訥 yū nè overcautious / conservative and dull in conversation 暗滞 暗滯 àn zhì dull (complexion) 索然寡味 suǒ rán guǎ wèi dull and insipid 