Chinese word dictionary

糊涂

hútu · muddled; silly; confused

Practice word

Word information

Simplified糊涂

Traditional糊塗

Pinyinhútu

Part of speech形

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.05

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

糊hú

muddled; paste; to stick on with paste

涂tú

to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname

How to learn 糊涂

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

模糊móhu

vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up

含糊hánhu

ambiguous; vague; careless; perfunctory

一塌糊涂yìtāhútú

muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess

涂抹tú mǒ

to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase

面糊miàn hù

panada; cooked flour paste; flour paste (used in crafts); batter (used in cooking); Taiwan pr. [mian4hu2]

糊名hú míng

(old) to seal an examinee's name on the examination paper to prevent fraud