一塌糊塗

See also: 一塌糊涂

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	collapse	bewildered; confused; muddled bewildered; confused; muddled; messy; disordered; chaotic
trad. (一塌糊塗)		一	塌	糊塗
simp. (一塌糊涂)		一	塌	糊涂
variant forms		一蹋糊塗／一蹋糊涂一榻糊塗／一榻糊涂一塌胡塗／一塌胡涂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yītāhútú, yītàhúdu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄊㄚㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ, ㄧㄊㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ taap³ wu⁴ tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yītāhútú [Phonetic: yìtāhútú] → yītāhútu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄊㄚㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ → ㄧㄊㄚㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itahwu.twu
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰä⁵⁵ xu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/ → /i⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ xu³⁵ tʰu³/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: yītàhúdu [Phonetic: yítàhúdu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄊㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itahhwu.du
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tʰä⁵¹ xu³⁵ d̥u³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ taap³ wu⁴ tou⁴
  - Yale: yāt taap wùh tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ taap⁸ wu⁴ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ tab³ wu⁴ tou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tʰäːp̚³ wuː²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

Idiom

一塌糊塗

in a complete mess; in an awful condition; a kettle of fish
屋子亂得一塌糊塗。 [MSC, trad.]
屋子乱得一塌糊涂。 [MSC, simp.]
Wūzi luàn dé yītāhútu. [Pinyin]
The room was in a terrible mess.

我的財政情況一塌糊塗。 [MSC, trad.]
我的财政情况一塌糊涂。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ de cáizhèng qíngkuàng yītāhútu. [Pinyin]
My finances were in a deplorable state.

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