烏七八糟

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	seven	eight	alcohol dregs; to waste; decayed
trad. (烏七八糟)		烏	七	八	糟
simp. (乌七八糟)		乌	七	八	糟
alternative forms		污七八糟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wūqībāzāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄗㄠ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu¹ qi² ba² zao¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ cat¹ baat³ zou¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): u¹ qit bat⁶ zau¹
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u¹ ci⁶ ba⁶ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūqībāzāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄗㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wucibazao
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-chʻi¹-pa¹-tsao¹
    • Yale: wū-chī-bā-dzāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uchibatzau
    • Palladius: уцибацзао (ucibaczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: wu¹ qi² ba² zao¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ukibazao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹ pa²¹ t͡sau⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ cat¹ baat³ zou¹
    • Yale: wū chāt baat jōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ tsat⁷ baat⁸ dzou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ ced¹ bad³ zou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ paːt̚³ t͡sou̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: u¹ qit bat⁶ zau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁴² t͡ɕʰit̚² pat̚⁵ t͡sau⁴²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: u¹ ci⁶ ba⁶ zau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /u³³ t͡sʰi²⁴ pa̠²⁴ t͡sɒu̯³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /u³³ t͡ɕʰi²⁴ pa̠²⁴ t͡sɒu̯³³/

Idiom

烏七八糟

1. everything in disorder; in a hideous mess; horribly messy
2. filthy; despicable; disgusting

Synonyms

• (everything in disorder):

• 一塌糊塗／一塌糊涂
• 亂／乱 (luàn)
• 亂七八糟／乱七八糟 (luànqībāzāo)
• 亂雜／乱杂 (luànzá) (literary)
• 凌亂 (língluàn)
• 嘈亂／嘈乱 (cáoluàn) (literary, of sound)
• 大鼎炒狗蟻／大鼎炒狗蚁 (Hokkien)
• 挐亂／挐乱 (Hokkien)
• 擾擾／扰扰 (rǎorǎo)
• 散亂／散乱 (sǎnluàn)
• 有七無八／有七无八 (Hokkien)
• 殽亂／淆乱 (xiáoluàn) (literary)
• 混亂／混乱 (hùnluàn)
• 烏哩單刀／乌哩单刀 (Cantonese)
• 無序／无序 (wúxù)
• 狼戾 (Hakka, literary)
• 狼狼戾戾 (Hakka)
• 狼藉 (lángjí)
• 立立亂／立立乱 (lap⁶ lap^6-2 lyun⁶) (Cantonese)
• 糊塗／糊涂
• 糾紛／纠纷 (jiūfēn) (literary)
• 紊 (wěn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 紛亂／纷乱 (fēnluàn)
• 紊亂／紊乱 (wěnluàn)
• 紛雜／纷杂 (fēnzá) (literary)
• 繚亂／缭乱 (liáoluàn) (formal)
• 肆亂／肆乱 (sìluàn) (literary)
• 荊棘／荆棘 (jīngjí) (literary, figurative)
• 蕪雜／芜杂 (wúzá)
• 雜亂／杂乱 (záluàn)
• 鬼打樣／鬼打样 (Hakka)