Audio recording for 笨拙 [bènzhuō]

Kaimi

进士
Doesn't the pronunciation of both male and female sound like bènzhuó?

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Shun

状元
Hi Kaimi,

bènzhuó is the Taiwanese pronunciation, though it may well also have made inroads into Mainland usage. I think I’ve heard something to that effect. Here you see the pronunciations for the Taiwanese dictionaries I have installed:

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In my view, that is just a language development that isn‘t yet reflected in the dictionaries, though obviously in the recordings.
 
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