含糊

Chinese

		to keep; to contain	paste; cream; muddled paste; cream; muddled; scorched
trad. (含糊)		含	糊
simp. #(含糊)		含	糊
alternative forms		含胡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánhu, hánhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨ, ㄏㄢˊ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ wu⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâm-hô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánhu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánhů
    • Wade–Giles: han²-hu⁵
    • Yale: hán-hu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harn.hu
    • Palladius: ханьху (xanʹxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ xu³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánhú
    • Wade–Giles: han²-hu²
    • Yale: hán-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnhwu
    • Palladius: ханьху (xanʹxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁴ wu⁴
    • Yale: hàhm wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ wuː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâm-hô͘
    • Tâi-lô: hâm-hôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hamhoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ham²⁴⁻²² hɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ham²⁴⁻²² hɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ham¹³⁻²² hɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ham²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ham²³⁻³³ hɔ²³/

Adjective

含糊

1. ambiguous; vague

   • 是非一定要搞清楚，因為黨內的原則爭論，是社會上階級鬥爭在黨內的反映，是不允許含糊的。 [MSC, trad.]
     是非一定要搞清楚，因为党内的原则争论，是社会上阶级斗争在党内的反映，是不允许含糊的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Shìfēi yīdìng yào gǎo qīngchu, yīnwèi dǎngnèi de yuánzé zhēnglùn, shì shèhuì shàng jiējí dòuzhēng zài dǎngnèi de fǎnyìng, shì bù yǔnxǔ hánhu de. [Pinyin]

     A clear distinction must be drawn between right and wrong, for inner-Party controversies over principle are a reflection inside the Party of the class struggle in society, and no equivocation is to be tolerated.

2. careless; sloppy; slapdash

Synonyms

• (ambiguous):

• 不清 (bùqīng)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 依稀 (yīxī)
• 含混 (hánhùn)
• 微茫 (wēimáng) (formal)
• 恍惚 (huǎnghū)
• 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng)
• 模稜／模棱 (móléng)
• 模糊
• 淡漠 (dànmò)
• 約略／约略 (yuēlüè)
• 迷離／迷离 (mílí) (literary)
• 隱約／隐约 (yǐnyuē)
• 隱隱／隐隐 (yǐnyǐn)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “ambiguous”): 清晰 (qīngxī)

Derived terms

• 不含糊
• 含含糊糊
• 含糊不清
• 含糊其辭／含糊其辞 (hánhúqící)

 

Verb

含糊

1. (chiefly in the negative) to show weakness; to flinch; to recoil