拙劣

zhuōliè

adjective HSK 7-9 #16,992

Meanings

1 clumsy
2 inferior
3 crude

Characters

clumsy; awkward

Examples

HSK 3

他的表演非常拙劣。

Tā de biǎoyǎn fēicháng zhuōliè.

His performance was very clumsy.

HSK 6

这是一个拙劣的模仿。

Zhè shì yígè zhuōliè de mófǎng.

This is a crude imitation.

Tips

memory

拙 (clumsy) + 劣 (inferior) - both characters are negative. Double the negativity = something really poorly done.

Stroke Order

拙 zhuō

劣 liè