含混

hánhùn

adjective #36,331

Meanings

Tā de huídá hánhùn bù qīng.

His answer was vague and unclear.

Hétong tiáokuǎn bù néng xiě de tài hánhùn.

Contract clauses can't be written too ambiguously.

usage

Set phrase: 含混不清 'vague and unclear'. Almost always implies the vagueness is a problem — evasive speech, sloppy writing, unclear pronunciation.

memory

含 'hold inside the mouth' + 混 'mix, muddy' → words held back and muddled together, hence unclear.

含 hán

混 hùn