Chinese symbol for “confusing”
扑朔迷离
pū shuò mí lí
Traditional: 撲朔迷離
impossible to unravel; confusing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for confusing is 扑朔迷离 (pū shuò mí lí), defined as: impossible to unravel; confusing.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “confusing”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迷离惝恍 (迷離惝恍) | mí lí chǎng huǎng | (idiom) blurred; confusing |
| 云山雾罩 (雲山霧罩) | yún shān wù zhào | (lit.) enveloped in clouds and mist (idiom); (fig.) (of speech or writing) unclear; confusing |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扑朔迷离.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扑克 (撲克) | pū kè | poker (game) (loanword); playing cards |
| 扑灭 (撲滅) | pū miè | to eradicate; to extinguish |
| 扑克牌 (撲克牌) | pū kè pái | poker (card game); playing card |
| 相扑 (相撲) | xiāng pū | sumo wrestling; also pr. [xiang4 pu1] |
| 反扑 (反撲) | fǎn pū | to counterattack; to come back after a defeat |
| 拓扑 (拓撲) | tuò pū | (math.) (loanword) topology |
| 朔望 | shuò wàng | the new moon; the first day of the lunar month |
| 朔日 | shuò rì | first day of the lunar month |
| 球迷 | qiú mí | fan (ball sports); 个 (gè) |
| 离开 (離開) | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
See also: Japanese symbol for “confusing”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.