雲裡霧裡

Chinese

		cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	fog; mist	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing
trad. (雲裡霧裡/雲裏霧裏)		雲	裡/裏	霧	裡/裏
simp. (云里雾里)		云	里	雾	里
Literally: “in the clouds, in the fog / amidst the clouds and mist”.

Etymology

From A New Account of the Tales of the World.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúnlǐwùlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ leoi⁵ mou⁶ leoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúnlǐwùlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúnlǐwùlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: yün²-li³-wu⁴-li³
    • Yale: yún-lǐ-wù-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunliiwuhlii
    • Palladius: юньлиули (junʹliuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ leoi⁵ mou⁶ leoi⁵
    • Yale: wàhn léuih mouh léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ loey⁵ mou⁶ loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ lêu⁵ mou⁶ lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ lɵy̯¹³ mou̯²² lɵy̯¹³/

Idiom

雲裡霧裡

1. (figurative) completely puzzled; utterly baffled; unable to understand; unable to make head or tail of something

See also

• 霧裡看花／雾里看花 (wùlǐkànhuā)