蠢 chǔn
- Strokes
- 21
- Radical
- 虫 — insect, worm
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
蠢
chǔn
stupid; foolish
Character
Example phrases
- 把所有风险都推给基层执行者，是一种既不公平也很蠢的管理方式。 Bǎ suǒyǒu fēngxiǎn dōu tuī gěi jīcéng zhíxíngzhě, shì yì zhǒng jì bù gōngpíng yě hěn chǔn de guǎnlǐ fāngshì. Pushing all the risk onto front-line executors is a management approach that is both unfair and very foolish.
- 我做了一件蠢事，把钥匙锁在了屋里。 Wǒ zuò le yí jiàn chǔn shì, bǎ yàoshi suǒ zài le wū lǐ. I did something silly and locked my keys inside the house.
- 他的想法听起来有点蠢，但是真的很有用。 Tā de xiǎngfǎ tīng qǐlái yǒudiǎn chǔn, dànshì zhēn de hěn yǒuyòng. His idea sounds a bit silly, but it is really useful.
Related words
- 愚蠢 yúchǔn foolish; stupid
- 胡闹 húnào to fool around; to act wilfully; to make trouble
- 吹牛 chuīniú to brag; to boast
- 粗鲁 cūlǔ rude; impolite; rough-mannered
- 粗暴 cūbào rough; violent; crude and forceful
- 草率 cǎoshuài careless; hasty
- 大惊小怪 dàjīngxiǎoguài to make a fuss over nothing
- 敷衍 fūyǎn to be perfunctory; to fob off
- 怠慢 dàimàn to slight; to neglect; to treat coldly
- 傲 ào proud; arrogant
- 傲慢 àomàn arrogant; haughty
- 高傲 gāo'ào proud; arrogant