模糊

móhu

adjective HSK 5 #5,670

Meanings

Blurred + muddled — vague or indistinct.

Zhàopiàn tài móhu le, kàn bu qīngchu.

The photo is too blurry — I can't see it clearly.

Wǒ duì nà jiàn shì de jìyì yǐjīng hěn móhu le.

My memory of that event has become very vague.

Bùyào móhu gàiniàn.

Don't blur the concept.

usage

模糊 works for both visual blurriness (blurry photos/vision) and abstract vagueness (vague memories, unclear boundaries).

usage

模糊 (vague/blurry) vs. 清楚 (qīngchu, clear) — they are antonyms.

模 mó

糊 hú