# 亂七八糟
## Chinese

| | | in confusion; disorderly | seven | eight | alcohol dregs; to waste; decayed |
| trad. (亂七八糟) | trad. (亂七八糟) | 亂 | 七 | 八 | 糟 |
| simp. (乱七八糟) | simp. (乱七八糟) | 乱 | 七 | 八 | 糟 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): luànqībāzāo
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄗㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nuan$^4$ qi$^2$ ba$^2$ zao$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun$^6$ cat$^1$ baat$^3$ zou$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lon$^4$ qid$^5$ bad$^5$ zau$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): loān-chhit-pat-chau / loān-chhi-pa-chau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): luang$^6$ cig$^4$ boih$^4$ zao$^1$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lonn$^5$ ci$^6$ ba$^6$ zau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: luànqībāzāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄗㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: luàncibazao
*** Wade–Giles: luan$^4$-chʻi$^1$-pa$^1$-tsao$^1$
*** Yale: lwàn-chī-bā-dzāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luannchibatzau
*** Palladius: луаньцибацзао (luanʹcibaczao)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯än⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nuan$^4$ qi$^2$ ba$^2$ zao$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: luankibazao
*** Sinological IPA : /nuan²¹³ t͡ɕʰi²¹ pa²¹ t͡sau⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lyun$^6$ cat$^1$ baat$^3$ zou$^1$
*** Yale: lyuhn chāt baat jōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lyn$^6$ tsat$^7$ baat$^8$ dzou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lün$^6$ ced$^1$ bad$^3$ zou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lyːn²² t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ paːt̚³ t͡sou̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lon$^4$ qid$^5$ bad$^5$ zau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /lɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰit̚¹ pat̚¹ t͡sau⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loān-chhit-pat-chau
*** Tâi-lô: luān-tshit-pat-tsau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loaxnchitpatzaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /luan²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ pat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sau⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loān-chhi-pa-chau
*** Tâi-lô: luān-tshi-pa-tsau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loaxnchi'pazaw
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /luan³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: luang$^6$ cig$^4$ boih$^4$ zao$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luăng tshik poih tsau
*** Sinological IPA : /luaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰik̚²⁻⁴ poiʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sau³³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: lonn$^5$ ci$^6$ ba$^6$ zau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /lõ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi²⁴ pa̠²⁴ t͡sɒu̯³³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /lõ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi²⁴ pa̠²⁴ t͡sɒu̯³³/

### Idiom

亂七八糟
* in a complete mess; at sixes and sevens
    From: 2019, 黃明志 ft. 大支 (Namewee ft. Dwagie), 《鬼島》 ("Ghost Island")
    zhè jiùshì guǐdǎo luànqībāzāo de guǐdǎo [Pinyin]
    This is the Ghost Island (nickname for Taiwan), an out-of-order Ghost Island

#### Synonyms

* 一塌糊塗／一塌糊涂
* 亂／乱 (luàn)
* 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)