He is awkward in his movements.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
笨手笨脚
clumsy
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
clumsy
02
all thumbs
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 笨手笨脚 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 笨手笨脚 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
She is always afraid of being a klutz when going to parties.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 笨手笨脚.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 笨手笨脚.
Directly before
- 战战兢兢笨手笨脚1
- 真是笨手笨脚1
- 他笨手笨脚1
Directly after
- 笨手笨脚的2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 笨手笨脚
What does 笨手笨脚 mean in Chinese?
笨手笨脚 (bènshǒubènjiǎo) means clumsy.
How do you pronounce 笨手笨脚?
笨手笨脚 is pronounced bènshǒubènjiǎo.
Is 笨手笨脚 an HSK word?
笨手笨脚 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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