HSK 6 · Adjectives

愚蠢 yúchǔn “stupid” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 愚蠢 means

  1. stupid
  2. foolish
  3. silly

How to say 愚蠢

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale愚yú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale蠢chǔn3rd tone, dipping

愚蠢 in a sentence

  1. 这是一个十分愚蠢的决定。

    Zhè shì yí ge shífēn yúchǔn de juédìng.

    This is a really stupid decision.

    Sentence #4148146 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你该结束这种愚蠢的行为了。

    Nǐ gāi jiéshù zhè zhǒng yúchǔn de xíngwéi le.

    You must put an end to this foolish behaviour.

    Sentence #335719 from Tatoeba

  3. 电脑让人变愚蠢了。

    Diànnǎo ràng rén biàn yúchǔn le.

    Computers make people stupid.

    Sentence #501710 from Tatoeba

How 愚蠢 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 愚 (yú) with each of its parts in a different colour
愚yúto be stupid
  • 禺district · yúSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 禺 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yú.

The character 蠢 (chǔn) with each of its parts in a different colour
蠢chǔnstupid
  • 春springtime · chūnSound part
  • 虫insect · chóngMeaning part
  • 虫insect · chóngMeaning part

虫 hints at the meaning (insect); 春 (chūn) hints at the sound. Compare it with chǔn.

How to write 愚蠢

愚 13 strokes · 蠢 21 strokes

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愚蠢 (yúchǔn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 愚蠢 (yúchǔn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 愚蠢

Words with 愚

愚昧yúmèi · ignorant

More words: Adjectives

优越yōuyuè · superior幼稚yòuzhì · childish圆满yuánmǎn · satisfactory原始yuánshǐ · original愚昧yúmèi · ignorant斩钉截铁zhǎndīngjiétiě · resolute and decisive崭新zhǎnxīn · brand-new朝气蓬勃zhāoqìpéngbó · full of vigour

FAQs

愚蠢 (yúchǔn) means “stupid” or “foolish”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yúchǔn: yú with a 2nd tone, then chǔn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 愚蠢 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuchun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 愚蠢 from the suggestions. Typing yuchun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
愚蠢 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.