"Clumsy" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 笨拙 | bèn zhuō | clumsy / awkward / stupid |   |
| 笨 |  bèn | stupid / foolish / silly / slow-witted / clumsy | |
| 拙劣 | zhuō liè | clumsy / botched | |
| 愚笨 | yú bèn | stupid / clumsy | |
| 笨手笨脚 | bèn shǒu bèn jiǎo | clumsy / all thumbs | |
| 半生不熟 | bàn shēng bù shóu | underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting | |
| 粗笨 | cū bèn | awkward / clumsy / unwieldy / heavy-handed | |
| 拙笨 | zhuō bèn | clumsy / awkward / lacking skill | |
| 蠢 | chǔn | stupid / sluggish / clumsy / to wiggle (of worms) / to move in a disorderly fashion | |
| 拙 | zhuō | awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2] | |
| 蹇拙 | jiǎn zhuō | clumsy (writing) / awkward / obscure | |
| 同手同脚 | tóng shǒu - tóng jiǎo | clumsy / uncoordinated | |
| 天兵 | tiān bīng | celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up | |
| 草包 | cǎo bāo | bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf | |
| 笨鸟先飞 | bèn niǎo xiān fēi | lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom) / fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities | |
| 藏拙 | cáng zhuó | avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face | |
| 稚拙 | zhì zhuō | young and clumsy / childish and awkward | |
| 愚拙 | yú zhuō | clumsy and stupid | |
| 拙嘴笨舌 | zhuō zuǐ bèn shé | lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom) / awkward speaker | |
| 笨嘴笨舌 | bèn zuǐ bèn shé | clumsy in speaking / awkward / inarticulate | |
| 笨嘴拙舌 | bèn zuǐ zhuō shé | clumsy in speech / poor speaker | |
| 拙涩 | zhuō sè | clumsy and incomprehensible / botched writing | |
| 拙笔 | zhuō bǐ | my clumsy writing (humble expr.) / my humble pen | |
| 榔槺 | láng kāng | cumbersome / awkward and clumsy | |
| 讷涩 | nè sè | clumsy in speech / tongue tied | |
| 伹 | qū | clumsy and dumb / slow-witted | |
| 笨伯 | bèn bó | fool / dolt / clumsy oaf | |
