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 ㄑㄧㄅㄚㄗㄠ
(Chengdu, SP): nuan⁴ qi² ba² zao¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁶ cat¹ baat³ zou¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lon⁴ qid⁵ bad⁵ zau¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): loān-chhit-pat-chau / loān-chhi-pa-chau
(Teochew, Peng'im): luang⁶ cig⁴ boih⁴ zao¹
Xiang (Wiktionary): lonn⁵ ci⁶ ba⁶ zau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luànqībāzāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄅㄚㄗㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luàncibazao
  - Wade–Giles: luan⁴-chʻi¹-pa¹-tsao¹
  - Yale: lwàn-chī-bā-dzāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luannchibatzau
  - Palladius: луаньцибацзао (luanʹcibaczao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwän⁵¹ 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)⁺
  - 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 t͡ɕʰit̚¹ pat̚¹ t͡sau⁴⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loān-chhit-pat-chau
  - Tâi-lô: luān-tshit-pat-tsau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loaxnchitpatzaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /luan²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁴ 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 t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ pa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /luan³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ 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 t͡sɒu³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /lõ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi²⁴ pa̠²⁴ t͡sɒu³³/

Idiom

亂七八糟

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／黄明志 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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Synonyms of 亂七八糟

狼戾 (lánglì) (literary, Hakka)
狼狼戾戾 (Hakka)
紊 (wěn) (literary, or in compounds)
一塌糊塗／一塌糊涂 (yītāhútú)
亂／乱 (luàn)
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)