| bèn | stupid/foolish/silly/slow-witted/clumsy |
| 笨 | stupid foolish silly |
| 笨人 | fool stupid person |
| 笨伯 | lummox; tomfool; slowpoke; looby; thimblewit |
| 笨口拙舌 | awkward in speech |
| 笨嘴拙腮 | clumsy in speech awkward poor speaker |
| 笨嘴拙舌 | awkward in speech |
| 笨嘴笨舌 | clumsy in speaking awkward inarticulate |
| 笨头笨脑 | a block-head; mickle head, litte wit |
| 笨手笨脚 | clumsy all thumbs |
| 笨拙 | clumsy awkward stupid |
| 笨拙的 | clumsy; awkward; unskillful; unhandy; unapt; inept; gauche; footless; gawky; maladroit; left-handed; uncouth; unskilful; unwieldy; tinkerly; unhandily; logged; sorry; gawkish; lubberly; lubber; hamfisted; lame; hamhanded |
| 笨活儿 | heavy manual labour |
| 笨的 | beetleheaded; wooden-headed; thickheaded; nitty; spoony; foolish; twp; halfcracked; dunderheaded; clueless; gullish; nitwitted; stupid; dim witted; gaga; stammer; senseless; dimwitted; slow-witted; birdbrained; pinheaded; spooney |
| 笨蛋 | fool idiot |
| 笨货 | softy; soft |
| 笨重 | heavy cumbersome unwieldy |
| 笨重行李 | heavy baggage |
| 笨鸟先飞 | lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities |