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糊涂
糊塗
hútu
1. muddled
2. silly
3. confused
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown

糊
hú
muddled; paste; to stick on with paste
HSK 5 15 丶
涂
tú
to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (10)

老糊涂
lǎohútu
dotard
糊涂虫
hútuchóng
blunderer
糊涂账
hútuzhàng
muddled accounts
糊里糊涂
húlihútú
confused
糊里糊涂
húlihútú
variant of [[糊裡糊塗|糊里糊涂<húlihútú>]]
一塌糊涂
yītāhútu
muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
稀里糊涂
xīlihútu
muddleheaded
糊糊涂涂
húhutútu
confused
放着明白装糊涂
fàngzhemíngbaizhuānghútu
to pretend not to know (idiom)
聪明一世,糊涂一时
cóngmingyīshì,hútuyīshí
even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgement (idiom)

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Word Frequency Rank
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