一塌糊涂 meaning in English
muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles
Meaning of 一塌糊涂
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yītāhútu
- muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
- complete shambles
- a total mess
一塌糊涂 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
全都一塌糊涂。
Everything was a mess.
Stroke order for each character
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一 yī · one · 1 strokes
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塌 tā · to collapse · 13 strokes
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糊 hú · to paste · 15 strokes
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涂 tú · to apply · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 一塌糊涂.
| 一起 | yīqǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一样 | yīyàng | same; like |
| 一些 | yīxiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一会儿 | yīhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 一半 | yībàn | half |
| 一边 | yībiān | one side; either side |
| 一点儿 | yīdiǎnr | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] |
| 一块儿 | yīkuàir | erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4] |
| 一下儿 | yīxiàr | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 有一些 | yǒuyīxiē | somewhat; rather |
| 一定 | yīdìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一直 | yīzhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
Questions about 一塌糊涂
What does 一塌糊涂 mean?
一塌糊涂 (yītāhútú) means "muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles".
How do you write 一塌糊涂?
一塌糊涂 is made of 4 characters: 一 (1 strokes), 塌 (13 strokes), 糊 (15 strokes), 涂 (10 strokes). That is 39 strokes in total.
Is 一塌糊涂 an HSK word?
Yes. 一塌糊涂 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 一塌糊涂 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 一塌糊涂 is written 一塌糊塗.