"混為一談" meaning in Chinese

See 混為一談 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /xu̯ən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wɐn²² wɐi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xu̯ən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/, /wɐn²² wɐi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹/ Chinese transliterations: hùnwéiyītán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧ ㄊㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wan⁶ wai⁴ jat¹ taam⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hùnwéiyītán [Phonetic:hùnwéiyìtán] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hùnwéiyitán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hun⁴-wei²-i¹-tʻan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hwùn-wéi-yī-tán [Mandarin, Yale], huennweiitarn [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хуньвэйитань [Mandarin, Palladius], xunʹvɛjitanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], wahn wàih yāt tàahm [Cantonese, Yale], wan⁶ wai⁴ jat⁷ taam⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wen⁶ wei⁴ yed¹ tam⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 混为一谈, 混爲一談
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 混為一談
  1. to equate; to muddle; to confuse one thing for another Tags: idiomatic
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      "form": "混为一谈",
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    },
    {
      "form": "混爲一談",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
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          "name": "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is undoubtedly inappropriate to mix the two up.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Bǎ èrzhě hùnwéiyītán, wúyí shì hěn bù shìdàng de.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "把二者混為一談,無疑是很不適當的。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "It is undoubtedly inappropriate to mix the two up.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Bǎ èrzhě hùnwéiyītán, wúyí shì hěn bù shìdàng de.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "把二者混为一谈,无疑是很不适当的。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to equate; to muddle; to confuse one thing for another"
      ],
      "id": "en-混為一談-zh-phrase-xWac-P5S",
      "links": [
        [
          "equate",
          "equate"
        ],
        [
          "muddle",
          "muddle"
        ],
        [
          "confuse",
          "confuse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùnwéiyītán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧ ㄊㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁶ wai⁴ jat¹ taam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùnwéiyītán [Phonetic:hùnwéiyìtán]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùnwéiyitán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hun⁴-wei²-i¹-tʻan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwùn-wéi-yī-tán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huennweiitarn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуньвэйитань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xunʹvɛjitanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wahn wàih yāt tàahm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁶ wai⁴ jat⁷ taam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen⁶ wei⁴ yed¹ tam⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn²² wɐi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hùnwéiyìtán]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn²² wɐi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "混為一談"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "混为一谈",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "混爲一談",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 一",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 混",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 為",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 談",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is undoubtedly inappropriate to mix the two up.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Bǎ èrzhě hùnwéiyītán, wúyí shì hěn bù shìdàng de.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "把二者混為一談,無疑是很不適當的。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "It is undoubtedly inappropriate to mix the two up.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Bǎ èrzhě hùnwéiyītán, wúyí shì hěn bù shìdàng de.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "把二者混为一谈,无疑是很不适当的。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to equate; to muddle; to confuse one thing for another"
      ],
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        [
          "equate",
          "equate"
        ],
        [
          "muddle",
          "muddle"
        ],
        [
          "confuse",
          "confuse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùnwéiyītán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧ ㄊㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁶ wai⁴ jat¹ taam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùnwéiyītán [Phonetic:hùnwéiyìtán]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùnwéiyitán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hun⁴-wei²-i¹-tʻan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwùn-wéi-yī-tán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huennweiitarn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуньвэйитань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xunʹvɛjitanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wahn wàih yāt tàahm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁶ wai⁴ jat⁷ taam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen⁶ wei⁴ yed¹ tam⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn²² wɐi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: hùnwéiyìtán]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn²² wɐi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "混為一談"
}

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