拙
劣

Clumsy in Chinese: 拙劣 (zhuō liè)

zhuō liè

clumsy

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1clumsy
  2. 2botched

Stroke order

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拙
劣

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄨㄛ

zhuō

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄌㄧㄝˋ

liè

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他的表演十分拙劣，没人喜欢。

    tā de biǎo yǎn shí fēn zhuō liè， méi rén xǐ huan。

    His performance was so clumsy that no one liked it.

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Related words

恶劣

è liè

vile

劣势

liè shì

inferior

劣质

liè zhì

shoddy

捉迷藏

zhuō mí cáng

to play hide-and-seek

灼热

zhuó rè

burning hot

酌情

zhuó qíng

to use discretion

兹

zī

now

姿态

zī tài

attitude

资本主义

zī běn zhǔ yì

capitalism

资历

zī lì

qualifications

资深

zī shēn

veteran (journalist etc)

资讯

zī xùn

information

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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