糊涂
hú tuㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨ˙
Sino-Vietnamese: HỒ ĐỒ
Traditional: 糊塗
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 7–9TOCFL 3
Meaning(adjective)
muddled; silly; confused
Common: 糊里糊涂 (in a muddle), 难得糊涂.
Examples
我越听越糊涂了。
wǒ yuè tīng yuè hú tú le.
The more I listen, the more confused I get.
爷爷年纪大了，有时候有点糊涂。
yé ye nián jì dà le, yǒu shí hòu yǒu diǎn hú tú.
Grandpa's getting old and is sometimes a bit muddled.
你怎么这么糊涂，又忘带护照了！
nǐ zěn me zhè me hú tú, yòu wàng dài hù zhào le!
How could you be so scatterbrained, you forgot your passport again!
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Stroke order
HỒ · 15 strokes
variant of 糊
ĐỒ · 10 strokes
to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street