糊糊 (hú hu) — (food) thick paste, mush, coarse porridge; (dialectal) trouble, mess
Definition
A casual, familiar word for a thick paste or mush, especially homemade starchy porridges (corn, sweet potato). The second sense — 'a real mess' (一团糊糊) — is colloquial, like saying 'this is a total mess.'
noun
(food) thick pastemushcoarse porridge(dialectal) troublemess
Measure word · 碗
Examples
- ，。Zǎo shàng hē yì wǎn yù mǐ hú hu, dù zi nuǎn huo duō le.Drinking a bowl of corn mush in the morning makes your stomach much warmer.
- 糊糊，。Zhè jiàn shì gǎo dé yì tuán hú hu, wǒ bù zhī zěn me shōu shi.This thing has turned into a real mess — I don't know how to clean it up.
- 糊糊，糊糊。Nǎi nai huì zuò gè zhǒng gè yàng de hú hu, wǒ zuì ài chī hóng shǔ hú hu.Grandma can make all kinds of mush; my favorite is sweet potato paste.
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