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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 稀里糊涂

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
稀里糊涂 xī li hú tu - muddleheaded
- careless

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 29,389 32,289 21,288

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- rare
- uncommon
- watery
- sparse
- Li (surname)
- li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
- neighborhood
- ancient administrative unit of 25 families
- (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- variant of 裡|里[li3]
- lining
- interior
- inside
- internal
- also written 裏|里[li3]
- muddled
- paste
- scorched
- paste
- cream
- variant of 糊[hu2]
- congee
- (in 糊口[hu2kou3]) to feed oneself
- surname Tu
- variant of 途[tu2]
- to apply (paint etc)
- to smear
- to daub
- to blot out
- to scribble
- to scrawl
- (literary) mud
- street

Other Words Containing 稀里糊涂

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
稀里糊涂 - - 29,389 32,289 21,288