笨 (bèn)
stupid; foolish; clumsy
How 笨 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Traditional
- 笨
- Simplified
- 笨 (unchanged)
Common words using 笨
- 笨蛋 bèndàn
- fool; idiot
- 愚笨 yúbèn
- stupid; clumsy
- 拙笨 zhuōbèn
- clumsy; awkward; lacking skill
- 笨人 bènrén
- fool; stupid person
- 笨手笨腳 bènshǒubènjiǎo
- clumsy; all thumbs
- 笨拙 bènzhuō
- clumsy; awkward; stupid
- 笨瓜 bènguā
- fool; blockhead
- 笨重 bènzhòng
- heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy
- 笨鳥先飛 bènniǎoxiānfēi
- lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
- 粗笨 cūbèn
- awkward; clumsy; unwieldy
- 蠢笨 chǔnbèn
- stupid
笨 in a sentence
我真笨，竟然忘了帶鑰匙出門。
Wǒ zhēn bèn, jìngrán wàngle dài yàoshi chūmén.
“I'm so stupid; I actually forgot to bring my keys when I left.”
How common is 笨?
笨 is the 2,318th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98.1% of all running text.
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