HSK 5 · Adjectives

模糊 móhu “vague” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 模糊 means

  1. vague
  2. indistinct
  3. fuzzy
  4. to blur
  5. to obscure
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to confuse
  • to mix up

How to say 模糊

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale模mó2nd 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

模糊 in a sentence

  1. 我对祖母的记忆很模糊。

    Wǒ duì zǔmǔ de jìyì hěn móhu.

    My memories of my grandmother are very hazy.

    Sentence #2665544 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她给了我们一个模糊的答案。

    Tā gěi le wǒmen yí ge móhu de dá'àn.

    She gave us a vague answer.

    Sentence #805027 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 可能会引起视力模糊、呼吸急促等副作用。

    Kěnéng huì yǐnqǐ shìlì móhu, hūxī jícù děng fùzuòyòng.

    It may cause side effects such as blurred vision and shortness of breath.

    Sentence #590471 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 模糊 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 模 (mó) with each of its parts in a different colour
模móto imitate
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 莫cannot · mòSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 莫 (mò) hints at the sound. Compare it with mó.

The character 糊 (hú) with each of its parts in a different colour
糊hūto smear; to daub; to coverlight in 模糊
  • 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 模糊

模 14 strokes · 糊 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 模糊

Words with 模

模仿mófǎng · to imitate模特mótè · (fashion) model规模guīmó · scale模样múyàng · appearance模型móxíng · model模范mófàn · model模式móshì · pattern

Words with 糊

糊涂hútu · muddled含糊hánhu · vague

More words: Adjectives

灵活línghuó · flexible密切mìqiè · close苗条miáotiao · (of a woman) slim明显míngxiǎn · clear陌生mòshēng · strange嫩nèn · young and tender能干nénggàn · capable浓nóng · concentrated

FAQs

模糊 (móhu) means “vague” or “indistinct”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it móhu: mó 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. 模糊 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mohu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 模糊 from the suggestions. Typing mohu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
模糊 is an HSK 5 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.