Meaning of 马虎
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
mǎhu
- careless
- sloppy
- negligent
- skimpy
马虎 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我从马来西亚来的妈妈觉得那三匹马马马虎虎。
My mother from Malaysia thinks that those three horses are so-so.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
马 mǎ · horse · 3 strokes
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- 2
- 3
虎 hǔ · tiger · 8 strokes
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- 2
- 3
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- 8
Related words
Words that share a character with 马虎.
| 马上 | mǎshàng | at once; right away |
| 马路 | mǎlù | street; road |
| 马车 | mǎchē | cart; chariot |
| 马桶 | mǎtǒng | chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet |
| 马力 | mǎlì | horsepower |
| 黑马 | hēimǎ | dark horse; fig. unexpected winner |
| 马戏 | mǎxì | circus |
| 骏马 | jùnmǎ | fine horse; steed |
| 马后炮 | mǎhòupào | (Chinese chess) moving the cannon after moving the horse away; (fig.) a useless action or |
| 千军万马 | qiānjūn-wànmǎ | magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; |
| 马克 | Mǎkè | mark (monetary unit) |
| 老虎 | lǎohǔ | tiger |
Questions about 马虎
What does 马虎 mean?
马虎 (mǎhu) means "careless; sloppy" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 马虎?
马虎 is made of 2 characters: 马 (3 strokes), 虎 (8 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 马虎 an HSK word?
Yes. 马虎 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 马虎 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 马虎 is written 馬虎.