蠢笨

Chinese

		blunt; stupid; to wiggle (of worms) blunt; stupid; to wiggle (of worms); sluggish	stupid; foolish; silly stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy
trad. (蠢笨)		蠢	笨
simp. #(蠢笨)		蠢	笨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔnbèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˇ ㄅㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon² ban⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhún-pǔn / chhún-pūn / thún-pǔn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǔnbèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˇ ㄅㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔnbèn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun³-pên⁴
    • Yale: chwǔn-bèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choenbenn
    • Palladius: чуньбэнь (čunʹbɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ pən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon² ban⁶
    • Yale: chéun bahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen² ban⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên² ben⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn³⁵ pɐn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhún-pǔn
    • Tâi-lô: tshún-pǔn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pun²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhún-pūn
    • Tâi-lô: tshún-pūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhwnpun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pun³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thún-pǔn
    • Tâi-lô: thún-pǔn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pun²²/

Adjective

蠢笨

1. clumsy; awkward; stupid

Synonyms

• 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)
• 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
• 笨車車／笨车车 (Hokkien)
• 臭笨 (Hokkien)
• 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 蠢 (chǔn)
• 蠢氣／蠢气 (qyn³ qi⁴) (Xiang)
• 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)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 笨 (“stupid; lacking intelligence”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	笨
	Taiwan	笨
	Singapore	笨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	笨
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	悶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	笨, 蠢
	Wuhan	笨, 蠢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	笨
	Hefei	笨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠢, 笨
	Hong Kong	蠢, 笨
	Yangjiang	吽, 塞督, 塞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠢
Gan	Nanchang	笨, 蠢
Hakka	Meixian	笨
Jin	Taiyuan	笨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	笨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	愚, 笨
Southern Min	Xiamen	笨
	Singapore (Teochew)	白仁
Wu	Suzhou	笨
	Wenzhou	呆, 笨
Xiang	Changsha	蠢
	Shuangfeng	蠢