# 糊塗
## Chinese
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hútu, hútú, húdu
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨ, ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ, ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄨ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu$^2$ tu$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wu$^4$ tou$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fu$^4$ tu
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fù-thù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘-tô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hu$^5$ tu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu-du
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hútu
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hútů
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^2$-tʻu$^5$
*** Yale: hú-tu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.tu
*** Palladius: хуту (xutu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu³⁵ tʰu³/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hútú
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hútú
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^2$-tʻu$^2$
*** Yale: hú-tú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwutwu
*** Palladius: хуту (xutu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$糊塗 / 糊涂 胡塗 / 胡涂
** (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: húdu
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: húdů
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^2$-tu$^5$
*** Yale: hú-du
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.du
*** Palladius: худу (xudu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu³⁵ d̥u³/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fu$^2$ tu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: futu
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹ tʰu²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^4$ tou$^4$
*** Yale: wùh tòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^4$ tou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^4$ tou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$糊塗 / 糊涂 胡桃
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^4$ tu
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵ tʰu²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù-thù
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˇ$ tu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^2$ tu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ tʰu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-tô͘
*** Tâi-lô: hôo-tôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ho'doo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³⁻²² tɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /hɔ²⁴⁻²¹ tɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² tɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ²³⁻³³ tɔ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hu$^5$ tu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hû thû
*** Sinological IPA : /hu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$wu-du
*** MiniDict: wu$^去$ du
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhu-du
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² du⁴⁴/

### Adjective

糊塗
* bewildered; confused; muddled; muddle-headed
* messy; disordered; chaotic

#### Synonyms

* (bewildered): 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng), 迷糊 (míhu), 迷濛／迷蒙 (míméng), 智惛 (zhìhūn), 懵懂 (měngdǒng)
* (messy):
* 一塌糊塗 / 一塌糊涂
* 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)
* 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)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “bewildered”): 清醒 (qīngxǐng)

#### Derived terms

* 一塌糊塗 / 一塌糊涂
* 一時糊塗 / 一时糊涂
* 昧著惺惺使糊塗 / 昧著惺惺使糊涂
* 糊塗帳 / 糊涂帐 (hútuzhàng)
* 糊塗油蒙心 / 糊涂油蒙心
* 糊塗蛋 / 糊涂蛋
* 糊塗蟲 / 糊涂虫
* 糊塗賬 / 糊涂账 (hútuzhàng)
* 糊裡糊塗 / 糊里糊涂
* 糊里糊塗
* 老糊塗 / 老糊涂 (lǎohútú)
* 聰明一世，糊塗一時 / 聪明一世，糊涂一时 (cōngmíng yīshì, hútú yīshí)
* 裝糊塗 / 装糊涂
* 難得糊塗 / 难得糊涂

### Noun

糊塗
* A paste-like food made from flour or grain powder; mush.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 糊 | 塗 |
| こ Jinmeiyō | と Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

糊(こ)塗(と) • (koto)
* hiding the truth; cheat, deception

### Verb

糊(こ)塗(と)する • (koto suru) suru (stem 糊(こ)塗(と)し (koto shi), past 糊(こ)塗(と)した (koto shita))
* gloss over a mistake

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 糊塗し | ことし | koto shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 糊塗し | ことし | koto shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 糊塗する | ことする | koto suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 糊塗する | ことする | koto suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 糊塗すれ | ことすれ | koto sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 糊塗せよ¹ 糊塗しろ² | ことせよ¹ ことしろ² | koto seyo¹ koto shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 糊塗される | ことされる | koto sareru |
| Causative | 糊塗させる 糊塗さす | ことさせる ことさす | koto saseru koto sasu |
| Potential | 糊塗できる | ことできる | koto dekiru |
| Volitional | 糊塗しよう | ことしよう | koto shiyō |
| Negative | 糊塗しない | ことしない | koto shinai |
| Negative continuative | 糊塗せず | ことせず | koto sezu |
| Formal | 糊塗します | ことします | koto shimasu |
| Perfective | 糊塗した | ことした | koto shita |
| Conjunctive | 糊塗して | ことして | koto shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 糊塗すれば | ことすれば | koto sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 糊 | 塗 |

### Adjective

糊塗
* chữ Hán form of hồ đồ (“foolish”).