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; muddle-headed; messy; disordered; chaotic
trad. (一塌糊塗)		一	塌	糊塗
simp. (一塌糊涂)		一	塌	糊涂
alternative 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): ㄧ ㄊㄚ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ, ㄧ ㄊㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ taap³ wu⁴ tou⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ tab⁸ hu⁵ tu⁵
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷iq-thaq-wu-du; ⁷iq-tha-wu-du

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yītāhútú [Phonetic: yìtāhútú] → yītāhútu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄊㄚ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ → ㄧ ㄊㄚ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yitahútů
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tʻa¹-hu²-tʻu⁵
    • Yale: yī-tā-hú-tu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itahwu.twu
    • Palladius: итахуту (itaxutu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰä⁵⁵ xu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/ → /i⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ xu³⁵ tʰu³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yītàhúdu [Phonetic: yítàhúdu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄊㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yitàhúdů
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tʻa⁴-hu²-tu⁵
    • Yale: yī-tà-hú-du
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itahhwu.du
    • Palladius: итахуду (itaxudu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tʰä⁵¹ xu³⁵ d̥u³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ taap³ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • Yale: yāt taap wùh tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ taap⁸ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ tab³ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tʰaːp̚³ wuː²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêg⁸ tab⁸ hu⁵ tu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k tha̍p hû thû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² tʰap̚⁴⁻² hu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷iq-thaq-wu-du; ⁷iq-tha-wu-du
    • MiniDict: ih^入 thah wu du; ih^入 tha wu du
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴iq-thaq-hhu-du; ⁴iq-tha-hhu-du
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɪʔ³³ tʰaʔ⁵⁵ ɦu³³ du²¹/, /iɪʔ³³ tʰa⁵⁵ ɦu³³ du²¹/

Idiom

一塌糊塗

1. 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.

2. (Wu) extremely; tremendously

   伊唱歌好聽得一塌糊塗。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   伊唱歌好听得一塌糊涂。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶yi ⁵tshaon-ku ⁵hau-thin-teq ⁷iq-thaq-wu-du [Wugniu]

   He/she sings very well.

Synonyms

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• 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 (lap⁶ lap^6-2 lyun⁶) (Cantonese)
• 糊塗 / 糊涂
• 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)

 

References

• Qian, Nairong, Xu, Baohua, Tang, Zhenzhu, editors (2007), 《上海话大词典》, Shanghai: 上海辞书出版社, →ISBN