蠢 (ceon2 | chun3) : stupid; foolish

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蠢

ceon2

chun3

[1] stupid; foolish; dull; silly
[2] clumsy; awkward; unwieldy
[3] wriggle; squirm; create disturbances

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Stroke count: 21

Level: 3

Radical: (#142)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蠢

This word has been viewed 15437 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Feb 2010 01:10

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蠢材 ceon2 coi4 chun3 cai2 = idiot; fool

蠢豬 ceon2 zyu1 = idiot; fool 粵

愚蠢 jyu4 ceon2 yu2 chun3 = stupid; foolish

蠢鈍 ceon2 deon6 = crassly

死蠢 sei2 ceon2 = brain dead, incredibly stupid

蠢豬! ceon2 zyu1 ! chun3 zhu1 = [phrase] stupid swine!

蠢蠢欲動 ceon2 ceon2 juk6 dung6 = ready and excited to have a go

蠢人 ceon2 jan4 chun3 ren2 = a fool or blockhead

人蠢冇藥醫 jan4 ceon2 mou5 joek6 ji1 = a stupid person 粵

蠢過隻豬 ceon2 gwo3 zek3 zyu1 = very foolish 粵

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 蠢
Unicode code for this character: U+8822 (off-site link)

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