clumsy, awkward, unskillful

Animated Stroke Order 拙

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Stroke Order Diagrams 拙

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
tiào
de
dòng
zuò
yǒu
xiē
bèn
zhuō

His dancing movements are somewhat clumsy.

2
zhè
zhǐ
shì
de
zhuō
jiàn
jǐn
gòng
cān
kǎo

This is just my humble opinion, for reference only.

3
zhè
shì
de
zhuō
zuò
qǐng
duō
zhǐ
jiào

This is my humble work, please give me your guidance.

4
zǒu
hěn
bèn
zhuō

He walks very clumsily.

5
xiǎo
míng
de
dòng
zuò
yǒu
diǎn
bèn
zhuō
dàn
hěn

Xiao Ming's movements are a bit clumsy, but he tries very hard.

6
bèn
zhuō
shì
jiě
shì
ge
de
wèn
jié
guǒ
ràng
tīng
zhòng
gèng
kùn
huò
le

She clumsily tried to explain the complex problem, which ended up confusing the audience even more.

7
zhè
ge
wán
zuò
hěn
zhuō
liè

This toy is poorly made.

8
huà
de
huà
qiǎo
hěn
zhuō
liè
dàn
xiǎng
hěn
yǒu

The technique in his painting is clumsy, but the idea is interesting.

9
zhè
diàn
yǐng
de
qíng
biān
pái
xiǎn
de
zhuō
liè
quē
luó
xìng

The plot arrangement of this movie appears inept and lacks logic.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes8
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2308
Zhuyinㄓㄨㄛ
Components
UnicodeU+62D9
CangjieQU
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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