糊涂虫

糊塗蟲
hútuchóng
noun #35,375

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 blunderer
  2. 2 bungler
  3. 3 scatterbrain

Examples

Nǐ zhēn shì ge hútuchóng, yàoshi yòu diūle!
You're such a scatterbrain — you lost your keys again!
Tā zhège hútuchóng, lián zìjǐ de shēngrì dōu wàngle.
That bungler even forgot his own birthday.

Tips

memory
糊涂 ('muddleheaded') + ('worm/bug') — calling someone a 'muddle-bug'. The suffix is a common informal way to label a habitual type of person: 懒虫 (lazybones), (hanger-on), (internet addict). It's affectionate-teasing rather than harsh.

Stroke Order

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