一頭霧水

Chinese

		a head full of	fog; mist; water droplets in fog fog; mist; water droplets in fog; fleeting thing
trad. (一頭霧水)		一頭	霧水
simp. (一头雾水)		一头	雾水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yītóuwùshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄊㄡˊ ㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ tau⁴ mou⁶ seoi²
Min Nan (POJ): chi̍t-thâu-bū-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yītóuwùshuǐ [Phonetic: yìtóuwùshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄊㄡˊ ㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi1tourwuhshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ tau⁴ mou⁶ seoi²
  - Yale: yāt tàuh mouh séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ tau⁴ mou⁶ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ teo⁴ mou⁶ sêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-thâu-bū-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-thâu-bū-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cidtau'buxzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² bu²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² bu⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² bu²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ bu³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ bu³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Idiom

一頭霧水

to be completely muddle-headed; to be baffled

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