含含糊糊

Chinese

	to keep; to contain	to keep; to contain	paste; cream; muddled paste; cream; muddled; scorched	paste; cream; muddled paste; cream; muddled; scorched
trad. (含含糊糊)	含	含	糊	糊
simp. ^#(含含糊糊)	含	含	糊	糊
alternative forms	含含胡胡
AABB-type reduplication of 含糊 (hánhu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hánhánhūhū, hánhánhúhú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄏㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄏㄨ, ㄏㄢˊ ㄏㄢˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ ham⁴ wu⁴ wu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâm-hâm-hô͘-hô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hánhánhūhū → hánhanhūhū (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄏㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄏㄨ → ㄏㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄢㄏㄨㄏㄨ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hánhånhuhu
  - Wade–Giles: han²-han⁵-hu¹-hu¹
  - Yale: hán-han-hū-hū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harn.harnhuhu
  - Palladius: ханьханьхуху (xanʹxanʹxuxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ xän³⁵ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/ → /xän³⁵ xän³ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hánhánhúhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄏㄢˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄏㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hánhánhúhú
  - Wade–Giles: han²-han²-hu²-hu²
  - Yale: hán-hán-hú-hú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnharnhwuhwu
  - Palladius: ханьханьхуху (xanʹxanʹxuxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ xän³⁵ xu³⁵ xu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ham⁴ ham⁴ wu⁴ wu⁴
  - Yale: hàhm hàhm wùh wùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ ham⁴ wu⁴ wu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ hem⁴ wu⁴ wu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ hɐm²¹ wuː²¹ wuː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâm-hâm-hô͘-hô͘
  - Tâi-lô: hâm-hâm-hôo-hôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hamhamho'hoo
  - IPA (Taipei): /ham²⁴⁻¹¹ ham²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ham²³⁻³³ ham²³⁻³³ hɔ²³⁻³³ hɔ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ham²⁴⁻²² ham²⁴⁻²² hɔ²⁴⁻²² hɔ²⁴/

Adjective

含含糊糊

ambiguous; vague