笨拙

Chinese

		stupid; foolish; silly stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy	awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my
trad. (笨拙)		笨	拙
simp. #(笨拙)		笨	拙
anagram		拙笨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bènzhuō, bènzhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄛ, ㄅㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban⁶ zyut³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pūn-choat / pǔn-choat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bènzhuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bènjhuo
    • Wade–Giles: pên⁴-cho¹
    • Yale: bèn-jwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bennjuo
    • Palladius: бэньчжо (bɛnʹčžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bènzhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bènjhuó
    • Wade–Giles: pên⁴-cho²
    • Yale: bèn-jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bennjwo
    • Palladius: бэньчжо (bɛnʹčžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban⁶ zyut³
    • Yale: bahn jyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban⁶ dzyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben⁶ jud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn²² t͡syːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pūn-choat
    • Tâi-lô: pūn-tsuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: puxnzoad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pun²²⁻²¹ t͡suat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǔn-choat
    • Tâi-lô: pǔn-tsuat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun²² t͡suat̚⁵/

Adjective

笨拙

1. clumsy, skilless, ungraceful, ungainly

Synonyms

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• 呆
• 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
• 呆痴 (dāichī)
• 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 𡳞鳥面 / 𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 愚戇 / 愚戆 (Hokkien)
• 愚昧 (yúmèi)
• 愚笨 (yúbèn)
• 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
• 愚鈍 / 愚钝 (yúdùn)
• 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
• 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
• 撚樣 / 撚样 (lan² joeng^6-2) (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 暗昧 (ànmèi)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄 / 梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
• 海鱟 / 海鲎 (Hokkien)
• 混鈍 / 混钝 (Hokkien)
• 痴呆
• 發踱 / 发踱 (⁷faq ⁸doq) (Wu)
• 笨 (bèn)
• 笨車車 / 笨车车 (Hokkien)
• 臭笨 (Hokkien)
• 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 蠢 (chǔn)
• 蠢氣 / 蠢气 (qyn³ qi⁴) (Xiang)
• 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
• 袋屎 (Hokkien)
• 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
• 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 遲鈍 / 迟钝 (chídùn)
• 阿西 (Hokkien)
• 頇顢 / 顸颟 (Hokkien)
• 鱟 / 鲎 (Hokkien)
• 鳩拙 / 鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)

Antonyms

• 機巧／机巧 (jīqiǎo)
• 伶俐 (línglì)

Related terms

• 幼稚 (yòuzhì)
• 稚拙 (zhìzhuō)