kū zào
dry and dull
uninteresting
dry-as-dust
gān zào
to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
desiccation
dull
uninteresting
arid
qiū zào
autumn dryness disease (TCM)
jiāo zào
variant of 焦躁[jiao1 zao4]
kǒu gān shé zào
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much