HSK 6 · Adjectives

含糊 hánhu “vague” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 含糊 means

  1. vague
  2. unclear
  3. careless
  4. ambiguous
  5. perfunctory

How to say 含糊

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale含hán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own糊huneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

含糊 in a sentence

  1. 你说话含糊不清。

    Nǐ shuōhuà hánhu bùqīng.

    You’re not speaking clearly.

    Sentence #9969273 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你为什么这么含糊其辞？

    Nǐ wèishénme zhème hánhu qí cí?

    Why are you being so vague?

    Sentence #8791831 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 汤姆的回答很含糊不清。

    Tāngmǔ de huídá hěn hánhu bùqīng.

    Tom’s answer was very vague.

    Sentence #8791832 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 含糊 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 含 (hán) with each of its parts in a different colour
含hánto keep in the mouth
  • 今modern · jīnSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 今 (jīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with hán.

The character 糊 (hú) with each of its parts in a different colour
糊hūto smear; to daub; to coverlight in 含糊
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 胡recklessly · húSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 胡 (hú) hints at the sound. Compare it with hu.

How to write 含糊

含 7 strokes · 糊 15 strokes

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含糊 (hánhu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 含糊 (hánhu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 含糊

Words with 含

包含bāohán · to contain含义hányì · meaning

Words with 糊

糊涂hútu · muddled模糊móhu · vague

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FAQs

含糊 (hánhu) means “vague” or “unclear”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hánhu: hán with a 2nd tone, then hu with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 含糊 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hanhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 含糊 from the suggestions. Typing hanhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
含糊 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.