Meaning of 糊涂
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
hútu
- muddled
- silly
- confused
糊涂 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他把我们弄糊涂了。
He confused us.
小事聪明，大事糊涂。
Penny wise, pound foolish.
全都一塌糊涂。
Everything was a mess.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
糊 hú · to paste · 15 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
涂 tú · to apply · 10 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
Related words
Words that share a character with 糊涂.
| 模糊 | móhu | vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up |
| 一塌糊涂 | yītāhútú | muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles |
| 含糊 | hánhu | ambiguous; vague |
| 糊弄 | hùnong | to fool; to deceive |
| 涂鸦 | túyā | graffiti; scrawl |
| 迷糊 | míhu | muddle-headed; dazed |
| 涂料 | túliào | paint |
| 养家糊口 | yǎngjiāhúkǒu | (idiom) to provide for one's family |
| 糊口 | húkǒu | to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty |
| 一败涂地 | yībàitúdì | lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat |
| 老糊涂 | lǎohútu | dotard |
| 模糊不清 | móhubùqīng | indistinct; fuzzy |
Questions about 糊涂
What does 糊涂 mean?
糊涂 (hútu) means "muddled; silly" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 糊涂?
糊涂 is made of 2 characters: 糊 (15 strokes), 涂 (10 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.
Is 糊涂 an HSK word?
Yes. 糊涂 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 糊涂 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 糊涂 is written 糊塗.