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): ㄧㄊㄚㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ, ㄧㄊㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ taap³ wu⁴ tou⁴
Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ tab⁸ hu⁵ tu⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ⁴iq-thaq-hhu-du

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yītāhútú [Phonetic: yìtāhútú] → yītāhútu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄊㄚㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ → ㄧㄊㄚㄏㄨˊ ˙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: ㄧㄊㄚˋ 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/
Min Nan
- (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
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ⁴iq-thaq-hhu-du
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ɪʔ³³ tʰa̱ʔ⁵⁵ ɦv̩ʷ³³ d̥v̩ʷ²¹/

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.
(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.]
[ɦi²³ t͡sʰɑ̃³³ kv̩ʷ⁴⁴ hɔ³³ tʰɪɲ⁴⁴ təʔ⁵⁵ i̯ɪʔ³³ tʰa̱ʔ⁵⁵ ɦv̩ʷ³³ d̥v̩ʷ²¹] [IPA]
He/she sings very well.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 一塌糊塗

狼戾 (lánglì) (literary, Hakka)
狼狼戾戾 (Hakka)
紊 (wěn) (literary, or in compounds)
亂／乱 (luàn)
亂七八糟／乱七八糟 (luànqībāzāo)
亂雜／乱杂 (luànzá) (literary)
凌亂／凌乱 (língluàn)
嘈亂／嘈乱 (cáoluàn) (literary, of sound)
大鼎炒狗蟻／大鼎炒狗蚁 (Hokkien)
挐亂／挐乱 (Min Nan)
擾擾／扰扰 (rǎorǎo)
散亂／散乱 (sǎnluàn)
有七無八／有七无八 (Min Nan)
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)
狼藉 (lángjí)
立立亂／立立乱 (Cantonese)
糊塗／糊涂 (hútu)
糾紛／纠纷 (jiūfēn) (literary)
紊亂／紊乱 (wěnluàn)
紛亂／纷乱 (fēnluàn)
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)
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

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