一塌糊塗

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; messy; disordered; chaotic
trad. (一塌糊塗)		一	塌	糊塗
simp. (一塌糊涂)		一	塌	糊涂
variant 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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yītāhútú [Phonetic: yìtāhútú] → yītāhútu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄊㄚ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ → ㄧ ㄊㄚ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itahwu.twu
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰä⁵⁵ xu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/ → /i⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ xu³⁵ tʰu³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: yītàhúdu [Phonetic: yítàhúdu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄊㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itahhwu.du
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tʰä⁵¹ xu³⁵ d̥u³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ taap³ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • Yale: yāt taap wùh tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ taap⁸ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ tab³ wu⁴ tou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tʰäːp̚³ wuː²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

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.