Taxonomy of meanings for 倦:　　

  • 倦 juàn (OC: ɡrons MC: ɡʷɯiɛn) 渠卷切 去 廣韻：【疲也猒也懈也説文又作劵勞也或作勌渠卷切五 】
    • BOREDOM
      • vt(oN)get bored with the contextually determinate N
    • TIRED
      • nabdispositionexhaustion, weariness
      • vibe tired and exhausted; also of strength: be worn out
      • viactallow oneself to get exhausted
      • vichangemostly negated: get tired; be exasperated by; get weary (through excessive effort)
      • vt+prep+Nbe tired by the exercise of N
      • vadVtiredlyDS
    • SIT

      Additional information about 倦

      說文解字: 【倦】，罷也。从人、卷聲。 【渠眷切】

        Criteria
      • TIRED

        1. The general purpose word for communal exhaustion is pì 罷 (ant. zhuàng 壯 "in strong shape"); the general word for the state of exhaustion of an individual is juàn 倦. 不倦 refers to tireless activity, 不饜 refers to tireless receptivity. See DISSATISFIED.

        2. Pí 疲 and bèi 憊 typically refer to a relatively mild state of exhaustion.

        3. Bì 弊 refers to a desperate state of exhaustion.

        4. Láo 勞 refers to the state of exhaustion after extended lasting effort.

        5. Dān 殫 refers not so much to the subjective feeling of exhaustion as to the objective inability to continue an activity for lack of further energy.

        6. Qú 劬, a very poetic word, and the less poetic qín 勤, focus on the effort that brings about tiredness.

        7. Cuì 瘁 is a poetic word referring to weariness.

        8. Qiáo cuì 憔悴 refers to a weariness born of exhaustion.

        9. Láo 老 refers specifically to exhaustion of soldiers.

        10. Yàn 厭 refers specifically to being tired of, and thus fed up with something.