糊裡糊塗

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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 ˙ㄌㄧㄏㄨˊ 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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-li-wu-du

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: húlihútú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄧㄏㄨˊ 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
- (Northern: 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

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.

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