糊
涂

Muddled in Chinese: 糊涂 (hú tu)

hú tu

muddled

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 糊塗1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1muddled
  2. 2silly
  3. 3confused

Stroke order

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糊
涂

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ㄏㄨˊ

hú

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

˙ㄊㄨ

tu

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄨ/ u

Simplified & traditional

糊涂

Simplified

糊塗

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他年纪大了，做事越来越糊涂。

    tā nián jì dà le， zuò shì yuè lái yuè hú tu。

    He is getting old and more and more muddle-headed.

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Related words

糊

hú

muddled

涂

tú

to apply (paint etc)

模糊

mó hu

vague

含糊

hán hu

ambiguous

一塌糊涂

yī tā hú tu

muddled and completely collapsing (idiom)

华裔

huá yì

ethnic Chinese

滑冰

huá bīng

to skate

慌张

huāng zhāng

flustered

皇后

huáng hòu

empress

灰

huī

ash

灰尘

huī chén

dust

灰心

huī xīn

to lose heart

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