# 一塌糊塗
## Chinese

| | | one; single; aone; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) | collapse | bewildered; confused; muddledbewildered; confused; muddled; muddle-headed; messy; disordered; chaotic |
| trad. (一塌糊塗) | trad. (一塌糊塗) | 一 | 塌 | 糊塗 |
| simp. (一塌糊涂) | simp. (一塌糊涂) | 一 | 塌 | 糊涂 |
| alternative forms | alternative forms | 一蹋糊塗／一蹋糊涂 一榻糊塗／一榻糊涂 一塌胡塗／一塌胡涂 | 一蹋糊塗／一蹋糊涂 一榻糊塗／一榻糊涂 一塌胡塗／一塌胡涂 | 一蹋糊塗／一蹋糊涂 一榻糊塗／一榻糊涂 一塌胡塗／一塌胡涂 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yītāhútú, yītàhúdu
    (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄊㄚ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ, ㄧ ㄊㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jat$^1$ taap$^3$ wu$^4$ tou$^4$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg$^8$ tab$^8$ hu$^5$ tu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$iq-thaq-wu-du; $^7$iq-tha-wu-du
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yītāhútú [Phonetic: yìtāhútú] → yītāhútu (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄊㄚ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ → ㄧ ㄊㄚ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yitahútů
*** Wade–Giles: i$^1$-tʻa$^1$-hu$^2$-tʻu$^5$
*** Yale: yī-tā-hú-tu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itahwu.twu
*** Palladius: итахуту (itaxutu)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰä⁵⁵ xu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/ → /i⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ xu³⁵ tʰu³/
** (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yītàhúdu [Phonetic: yítàhúdu]
*** Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄊㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yitàhúdů
*** Wade–Giles: i$^1$-tʻa$^4$-hu$^2$-tu$^5$
*** Yale: yī-tà-hú-du
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itahhwu.du
*** Palladius: итахуду (itaxudu)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tʰä⁵¹ xu³⁵ d̥u³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jat$^1$ taap$^3$ wu$^4$ tou$^4$
*** Yale: yāt taap wùh tòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jat$^7$ taap$^8$ wu$^4$ tou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yed$^1$ tab$^3$ wu$^4$ tou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐt̚⁵ tʰaːp̚³ wuː²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zêg$^8$ tab$^8$ hu$^5$ tu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k tha̍p hû thû
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² tʰap̚⁴⁻² hu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$iq-thaq-wu-du; $^7$iq-tha-wu-du
*** MiniDict: ih$^入$ thah wu du; ih$^入$ tha wu du
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$iq-thaq-hhu-du; $^4$iq-tha-hhu-du
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɪʔ³³ tʰaʔ⁵⁵ ɦu³³ du²¹/, /iɪʔ³³ tʰa⁵⁵ ɦu³³ du²¹/

### Idiom

一塌糊塗
* in a complete mess; in an awful condition; a kettle of fish
       Wūzi luàn dé yītāhútu. [Pinyin]
       The room was in a terrible mess.
       Wǒ de cáizhèng qíngkuàng yītāhútu. [Pinyin]
       My finances were in a deplorable state.
* (Wu) extremely; tremendously
       $^6$yi $^5$tshaon-ku $^5$hau-thin-teq $^7$iq-thaq-wu-du [Wugniu]
       He/she sings very well.

#### Synonyms

(in a complete mess):
* 亂／乱 (luàn)
* 亂七八糟／乱七八糟 (luànqībāzāo)
* 亂雜／乱杂 (luànzá) (literary)
* 凌亂 (língluàn)
* 嘈亂／嘈乱 (cáoluàn) (literary, of sound)
* 大鼎炒狗蟻／大鼎炒狗蚁 (Hokkien)
* 挐亂／挐乱 (Hokkien)
* 擾擾／扰扰 (rǎorǎo)
* 散亂／散乱 (sǎnluàn)
* 有七無八／有七无八 (Hokkien)
* 殽亂／淆乱 (xiáoluàn) (literary)
* 混亂／混乱 (hùnluàn)
* 烏七八糟／乌七八糟 (wūqībāzāo)
* 烏哩單刀／乌哩单刀 (Cantonese)
* 無序／无序 (wúxù)
* 狼戾 (Hakka, literary)
* 狼狼戾戾 (Hakka)
* 狼藉 (lángjí)
* 立立亂／立立乱 (lap$^6$ lap$^{6-2}$ lyun$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 糊塗／糊涂
* 糾紛／纠纷 (jiūfēn) (literary)
* 紊 (wěn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 紛亂／纷乱 (fēnluàn)
* 紊亂／紊乱 (wěnluàn)
* 紛雜／纷杂 (fēnzá) (literary)
* 繚亂／缭乱 (liáoluàn) (formal)
* 肆亂／肆乱 (sìluàn) (literary)
* 荊棘／荆棘 (jīngjí) (literary, figurative)
* 蕪雜／芜杂 (wúzá)
* 雜亂／杂乱 (záluàn)
* 雜醪膏／杂醪膏 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 鬼打樣／鬼打样 (Hakka)

#### References

* Qian, Nairong, Xu, Baohua, Tang, Zhenzhu, editors (2007), 《上海话大词典》, Shanghai: 上海辞书出版社, →ISBN