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bèn
1. stupid
2. foolish
3. silly
4. slow-witted
5. clumsy
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

Example Sentences (1)

当孩子不明白时,应该多鼓励他,不要用“懒”“笨”“粗心”这种词批评他,这样对他们的正常发展不好。
Dāng háizi bù míngbai shí, yīnggāi duō gǔlì tā, bú yào yòng "lǎn" "bèn" "cūxīn" zhè zhǒng cí pīpíng tā, zhèyàng duì tāmen de zhèngcháng fāzhǎn bù hǎo.
When a child doesn't understand, you should encourage them more and not use words like "lazy," "stupid," and "careless" to criticize them. This is not good for their normal development.
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Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
2,322
Word Frequency Rank
1,906 of 84,292