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笨拙

bèn zhuō

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

笨拙 (bèn zhuō) means "clumsy; awkward; stupid". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 笨拙 means

1. clumsy
2. awkward
3. stupid

The characters in 笨拙

• 笨bènstupid; foolish; silly
• 拙zhuōawkward; clumsy; dull

Example sentences

• 汤姆很笨拙。
  Tāng mǔ hěn bènzhuō.
  Tom is all fingers and thumbs.

Where 笨拙 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · béng–bǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bèn zhuō correctly.
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