Chinese symbol for “unwieldy”
笨重
bèn zhòng
heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy; laborious; arduous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unwieldy is 笨重 (bèn zhòng), defined as: heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy; laborious; arduous.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unwieldy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 笨重.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笨蛋 | bèn dàn | (mild insult) fool; idiot; (playful) silly person |
| 笨拙 | bèn zhuō | clumsy; awkward |
| 愚笨 | yú bèn | stupid; clumsy |
| 笨手笨脚 (笨手笨腳) | bèn shǒu bèn jiǎo | clumsy; all thumbs |
| 笨人 | bèn rén | fool; stupid person |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 严重 (嚴重) | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unwieldy”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.