Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
bèn - stupid
- foolish
- silly
- slow-witted
- clumsy

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 4 1,864 5,752 2,446

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Bamboo

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
笨蛋 - 7 1,230 10,409 4,140
4 4 1,864 5,752 2,446
笨拙 6 - 8,911 25,510 18,029
愚笨 - - 18,405 48,534 25,378
笨重 - 9 20,945 29,743 33,339
蠢笨 - - 42,033 93,110 74,525
呆笨 - - 54,716 - 98,771
粗笨 - - 75,094 - 94,935
拙笨 - - 81,313 - 100,167