糊裡糊塗

Chinese

		paste; cream; muddled paste; cream; muddled; scorched	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	bewildered; confused; muddled bewildered; confused; muddled; muddle-headed; messy; disordered; chaotic
trad. (糊裡糊塗/糊裏糊塗/糊里糊塗)		糊	裡/裏/里	糊塗
simp. (糊里糊涂)		糊	里	糊涂
alternative forms		胡裡胡塗／胡里胡涂

Etymology

A裡AB-type augmentation of 糊塗／糊涂 (hútu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): húlihútú, húlǐhútú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ, ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хўли-хўдў (hwli-hwdw, I-II-I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ lei^5-1 wu⁴ tou⁴, wu⁴ leoi⁵ wu⁴ tou⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘-lí-hô͘-tô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu⁵ li² hu⁵ tu⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶wu-li-wu-du

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húlihútú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húli̊hútú
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-li⁵-hu²-tʻu²
    • Yale: hú-li-hú-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.lihwutwu
    • Palladius: хулихуту (xulixutu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ li³ xu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húlǐhútú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húlǐhútú
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-li³-hu²-tʻu²
    • Yale: hú-lǐ-hú-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuliihwutwu
    • Palladius: хулихуту (xulixutu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хўли-хўдў (hwli-hwdw, I-II-I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²⁴ li⁵¹ xu²⁴ tu⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ lei^5-1 wu⁴ tou⁴, wu⁴ leoi⁵ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • Yale: wùh lēi wùh tòuh, wùh léuih wùh tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ lei^5-1 wu⁴ tou⁴, wu⁴ loey⁵ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ léi^5-1 wu⁴ tou⁴, wu⁴ lêu⁵ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ lei̯¹³⁻⁵⁵ wuː²¹ tʰou̯²¹/, /wuː²¹ lɵy̯¹³ wuː²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

Note: wu4 leoi5 wu4 tou4 - uncommon.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-lí-hô͘-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: hôo-lí-hôo-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: holy'ho'doo
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ²³⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²³⁻³³ tɔ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hu⁵ li² hu⁵ tu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hû lí hû thû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²⁻³⁵ hu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-li-wu-du
    • MiniDict: wu^去 li wu du
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-li-hhu-du
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² li⁵⁵ ɦu³³ du²¹/

Adjective

糊裡糊塗

1. Synonym of 糊塗／糊涂

   • 這條愛情路　愛甲糊裡糊塗　到如今愛毋著人　心狂火著 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     这条爱情路　爱甲糊里糊涂　到如今爱毋着人　心狂火着 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2018, 黃妃 (Huang Fei), 心肝插一刀

     Chit tiâu ài-chêng lō͘, ài kah -hô͘-lí-hô͘-tô͘, kàu lû-kim ài m̄-tio̍h lâng, sim-kông-hóe-to̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     This journey of love is full of confusion. Up to now I've loved the wrong one; I burn with anger.