Chinese symbol for “muddle”
混为一谈
hùn wéi yī tán
Traditional: 混為一談
to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for muddle is 混为一谈 (hùn wéi yī tán), defined as: to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “muddle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 搞乱 (搞亂) | gǎo luàn | to mess up; to mismanage |
| 搞混 | gǎo hùn | to confuse; to muddle |
| 淆杂 (淆雜) | xiáo zá | to mix up; to muddle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 混为一谈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 混乱 (混亂) | hùn luàn | confused; chaotic; disorderly |
| 混合 | hùn hé | to mix; to blend; hybrid; composite |
| 混凝土 | hùn níng tǔ | concrete (building material) |
| 混淆 | hùn xiáo | to obscure; to confuse |
| 混蛋 | hún dàn | scoundrel; bastard |
| 混沌 | hùn dùn | primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology); (of a situation) confused; chaotic |
| 因为 (因為) | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 成为 (成為) | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 谈判 (談判) | tán pàn | to negotiate; negotiation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “muddle”.
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.