笨口拙舌

Chinese

		stupid; foolish; silly stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my	tongue
trad. (笨口拙舌)		笨	口	拙	舌
simp. #(笨口拙舌)		笨	口	拙	舌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bènkǒuzhuōshé, bènkǒuzhuóshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄕㄜˊ, ㄅㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban⁶ hau² zyut³ sit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bènkǒuzhuōshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bènkǒujhuoshé
    • Wade–Giles: pên⁴-kʻou³-cho¹-shê²
    • Yale: bèn-kǒu-jwō-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bennkooujuosher
    • Palladius: бэнькоучжошэ (bɛnʹkoučžošɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bènkǒuzhuóshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bènkǒujhuóshé
    • Wade–Giles: pên⁴-kʻou³-cho²-shê²
    • Yale: bèn-kǒu-jwó-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bennkooujwosher
    • Palladius: бэнькоучжошэ (bɛnʹkoučžošɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban⁶ hau² zyut³ sit⁶
    • Yale: bahn háu jyut siht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban⁶ hau² dzyt⁸ sit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben⁶ heo² jud³ xid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn²² hɐu̯³⁵ t͡syːt̚³ siːt̚²/

Idiom

笨口拙舌

1. awkward in speech; inarticulate

Synonyms

• 笨嘴拙舌 (bènzuǐzhuōshé)