亂七八糟

See also: 乱七八糟

Chinese

		in confusion; disorderly	seven	eight	alcohol dregs; to waste; decayed
trad. (亂七八糟)		亂	七	八	糟
simp. (乱七八糟)		乱	七	八	糟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): luànqībāzāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄗㄠ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nuan⁴ qi² ba² zao¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁶ cat¹ baat³ zou¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lon⁴ qid⁵ bad⁵ zau¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): loān-chhit-pat-chau / loān-chhi-pa-chau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): luang⁶ cig⁴ boih⁴ zao¹

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lonn⁵ ci⁶ ba⁶ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luànqībāzāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄗㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luàncibazao
    • Wade–Giles: luan⁴-chʻi¹-pa¹-tsao¹
    • Yale: lwàn-chī-bā-dzāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luannchibatzau
    • Palladius: луаньцибацзао (luanʹcibaczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nuan⁴ qi² ba² zao¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: luankibazao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nuan²¹³ t͡ɕʰi²¹ pa²¹ t͡sau⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun⁶ cat¹ baat³ zou¹
    • Yale: lyuhn chāt baat jōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁶ tsat⁷ baat⁸ dzou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün⁶ ced¹ bad³ zou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²² t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ paːt̚³ t͡sou̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lon⁴ qid⁵ bad⁵ zau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰit̚¹ pat̚¹ t͡sau⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loān-chhit-pat-chau
    • Tâi-lô: luān-tshit-pat-tsau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loaxnchitpatzaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /luan²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ pat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loān-chhi-pa-chau
    • Tâi-lô: luān-tshi-pa-tsau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loaxnchi'pazaw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /luan³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: luang⁶ cig⁴ boih⁴ zao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luăng tshik poih tsau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰik̚²⁻⁴ poiʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sau³³/

Note: luang6 cig4 boih4 zao1 - Chaoyang.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lonn⁵ ci⁶ ba⁶ zau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /lõ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi²⁴ pa̠²⁴ t͡sɒu̯³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /lõ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi²⁴ pa̠²⁴ t͡sɒu̯³³/

Idiom

亂七八糟

1. in a complete mess; at sixes and sevens

   • 這就是鬼島亂七八糟的鬼島 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     这就是鬼岛乱七八糟的鬼岛 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2019, 黃明志 ft. 大支 (Namewee ft. Dwagie), 《鬼島》 ("Ghost Island")

     zhè jiùshì guǐdǎo luànqībāzāo de guǐdǎo [Pinyin]

     This is the Ghost Island (nickname for Taiwan), an out-of-order Ghost Island

Synonyms

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• 一塌糊塗 / 一塌糊涂
• 亂 / 乱 (luàn)
• 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)