渾渾噩噩

Chinese

	ignorant; simple and honest	solemn and honest
trad. (渾渾噩噩)	渾渾	噩噩
simp. (浑浑噩噩)	浑浑	噩噩
alternative forms	混混噩噩

Etymology

From Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings) [9 CE]:

虞夏之書渾渾爾，商書灝灝爾，周書噩噩爾。下周者，其書譙乎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

虞夏之书浑浑尔，商书灏灏尔，周书噩噩尔。下周者，其书谯乎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE

Yú Xià zhī shū húnhún ěr, Shāng shū hàohào ěr, Zhōu shū è'è ěr. Xià Zhōu zhě, qí shū qiào hū. [Pinyin]

The chapters on Shun and Xia are deep and potent, while those on Shang are vast in scope. Those pertaining to Zhou do not flatter, while those on the latter part of Zhou are cutting.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): húnhún'è'è
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄜˋ ㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ wan⁴ ngok⁶ ngok⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: húnhún'è'è
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄜˋ ㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: húnhún-è-è
  - Wade–Giles: hun²-hun²-o⁴-o⁴
  - Yale: hwún-hwún-è-è
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenhweneheh
  - Palladius: хуньхуньээ (xunʹxunʹee)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwən³⁵ xwən³⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁴ wan⁴ ngok⁶ ngok⁶
  - Yale: wàhn wàhn ngohk ngohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ wan⁴ ngok⁹ ngok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ wen⁴ ngog⁶ ngog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ wɐn²¹ ŋɔːk̚² ŋɔːk̚²/

Idiom

渾渾噩噩

(ideophonic, literary) solemn and dignified; unaffected and decent
(ideophonic) ignorant and muddleheaded; muddling along; living in a state of naïveté and ignorance
渾渾噩噩過日子／浑浑噩噩过日子 ― húnhún'è'è guò rìzi ― to aimlessly idle one's days away

Derived terms

渾噩／浑噩