混為一談

See also: 混爲一談 and 混为一谈

Chinese

		to mix; to get along; thoughtless to mix; to get along; thoughtless; confused; dirty; mix	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (混為一談/混爲一談)		混	為/爲	一	談
simp. (混为一谈)		混	为	一	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hùnwéiyītán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁶ wai⁴ jat¹ taam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùnwéiyītán [Phonetic: hùnwéiyìtán]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùnwéiyitán
    • Wade–Giles: hun⁴-wei²-i¹-tʻan²
    • Yale: hwùn-wéi-yī-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huennweiitarn
    • Palladius: хуньвэйитань (xunʹvɛjitanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁶ wai⁴ jat¹ taam⁴
    • Yale: wahn wàih yāt tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁶ wai⁴ jat⁷ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁶ wei⁴ yed¹ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²² wɐi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹/

Idiom

混為一談

1. to equate; to muddle; to confuse one thing for another

   • 把二者混為一談，無疑是很不適當的。 [MSC, trad.]
     把二者混为一谈，无疑是很不适当的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Bǎ èrzhě hùnwéiyītán, wúyí shì hěn bù shìdàng de. [Pinyin]

     It is undoubtedly inappropriate to mix the two up.