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糊涂

hú tu · hu tu

Traditional 糊塗

HSK 7–9Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. muddled
  2. silly
  3. confused
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Salt in the coffee

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)我(wǒ)真(zhēn)糊涂(hútu)！

    I'm so muddled today!

  2. Liangliang

    怎么了(zěnmele)？

    What happened?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)把(bǎ)盐(yán)当成(dàngchéng)糖(táng)，放进(fàngjìn)咖啡(kāfēi)里(lǐ)了(le)。

    I mistook salt for sugar and put it in the coffee.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)真是(zhēnshi)糊涂(hútu)，那(nà)是(shì)我的(wǒde)咖啡(kāfēi)！

    You really are muddled. That was my coffee!

  5. Dengdeng

    啊(a)？对不起(duìbuqǐ)，我(wǒ)太(tài)糊涂(hútu)了(le)。

    Huh? Sorry, I'm too muddled.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

小(xiǎo)事(shì)聪(cōng)明(ming)，大(dà)事(shì)糊(hú)涂(tu)。

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by vxern · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)年(nián)纪(jì)大(dà)了(le)，有(yǒu)时(shí)会(huì)犯(fàn)糊(hú)涂(tu)。

He is getting old and sometimes becomes confused.

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