混沌

hùn dùn

Meanings

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hùn dùn

1.primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology)
2.(of a situation) confused; chaotic
3.(of a person) muddle-headed; simple-minded

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Wiktionary

1.Hundun (the unclear, confused and nebulous state of the primordial world)
2.wholeness; inseparability
3.unclearness; indistinctness; obscurity; vagueness; obfuscation
4.silliness; stupidity
5.hundun (legendary faceless creature)
6.chaos

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Etymology

Old Chinese *guːnʔ duːnʔ. The variant 渾淪／浑沦 (húnlún) suggests that this perhaps came from *guːnʔ l̥uːnʔ ~ guːnʔ ruːnʔ, from **gruːnʔ, from the root *k(V)r- ("to flow > to mix > to be turbid, chaotic"). Related to 餛飩／馄饨 (húntun, “wonton”) and 雲吞／云吞 (yúntūn, “wonton”). Compare 渾 (OC *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ), 混 (OC *ɡuːnʔ, “rapidly flowing water; turbidity; confusedness; unclearness; big; whole”), Korean 흐르— (heureu-, “to flow; to float; to fill”), 흐리— (heuri-, “to be turbid, unclear, indistinct”), 흐릿하— (heuritha-, “to be vague, indistinct”).

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