# 糊涂 (hútu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 糊涂 (hútu) means “muddled; silly; confused”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: muddled; silly; confused
- Pinyin: hútu (hu2 tu5)
- Traditional: 糊塗
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 我当时太糊涂了，忘了这件事。
  Wǒ dāngshí tài hútu le, wàng le zhè jiàn shì.
  I was completely confused at the time and forgot this matter.

## Characters

- [糊](https://hanziro.com/word/hu-paste/) (hú): to paste; blurry
- [涂](https://hanziro.com/word/tu-apply/) (tú): to apply (paint, cream); to smear

https://hanziro.com/word/hu-tu-muddled/

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