笨頭笨腦
Chinese
stupid; foolish; silly stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy |
head; (noun suffix) | stupid; foolish; silly stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy |
brain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (笨頭笨腦) | 笨 | 頭 | 笨 | 腦 | |
| simp. (笨头笨脑) | 笨 | 头 | 笨 | 脑 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): bèntóubènnǎo
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bèntóubènnǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bèntóubènnǎo
- Wade–Giles: pên4-tʻou2-pên4-nao3
- Yale: bèn-tóu-bèn-nǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benntourbennnao
- Palladius: бэньтоубэньнао (bɛnʹtoubɛnʹnao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pən⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pən⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
笨頭笨腦
- (of a person) stupid; slow-witted; muddleheaded
- (of a design) clumsy; cumbersome