有七無八

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	seven	not have	eight
trad. (有七無八)		有	七	無	八
simp. (有七无八)		有	七	无	八

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ǔ-chhit-bô-poeh / ū-chhit-bô-poeh / ū-chhit-bô-peh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǔ-chhit-bô-poeh
    • Tâi-lô: ǔ-tshit-bô-pueh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u²² t͡sʰit̚⁵ bo²⁴⁻²² pueʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-chhit-bô-poeh
    • Tâi-lô: ū-tshit-bô-pueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxchitboi'poeq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² pueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-chhit-bô-peh
    • Tâi-lô: ū-tshit-bô-peh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxchitboi'peq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ bo¹³⁻²² peʔ³²/

Idiom

有七無八

1. (Hokkien) at sixes and sevens; all sixes and nines; in a state of confusion; in a state of uncertainty; in a state of incompleteness; in a state of disorder; in an awful mess

Synonyms

• 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)
• 殽亂／淆乱 (xiáoluàn) (literary)
• 混亂／混乱 (hùnluàn)
• 烏七八糟／乌七八糟 (wūqībāzāo)
• 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)