一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一塌糊涂
yìtāhútú
in a complete mess
Characters in this word
塌 tā
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
糊 hú
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
涂 tú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 余 surplus, remainder
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 临时拼凑的方案漏洞百出，执行起来更是一塌糊涂。 Línshí pīncòu de fāng'àn lòudòng bǎi chū, zhíxíng qǐlái gèng shì yìtāhútú. The hastily cobbled-together plan was full of loopholes, and its execution was an even greater mess.
- 他的房间乱得一塌糊涂，衣服到处都是。 Tā de fángjiān luàn de yìtāhútú, yīfu dàochù dōu shì. His room is in a complete mess, with clothes lying everywhere.
- 期末考试考得一塌糊涂，他难过极了。 Qīmò kǎoshì kǎo de yìtāhútú, tā nánguò jíle. He did terribly on the final exam and was extremely upset.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while