糊涂 (hú tu): muddled; silly; confused

He didn't sleep well last night, so at work today he was muddled the whole time and even misread the simplest documents.

My grandmother is old and sometimes gets muddled; she often forgets to take her keys when going out.

Don't get muddled about such an important matter; you must write the address clearly.

He was muddled for a moment and left his phone in the taxi; later he couldn't find it no matter how hard he tried.

The manager spoke a bit muddled today; everyone listened for a long time but still didn't understand what he meant.

Don't pretend to be muddled; you were clearly responsible for this, so how could you not know?