HSK 4 vocabulary › 马虎
马虎
马虎 in English: careless; sloppy
mǎ hu
careless; sloppy
How to pronounce 马虎
mǎ hu (without tone marks: ma hu). mǎ is a third (low, dipping) tone; hu is a neutral (light, short) tone.
Characters in 马虎
马 mǎ
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
虎 hu
tiger
tiger
Related words
| 马 | mǎ | horse | HSK 3 |
| 马上 | mǎ shàng | at once; right away | HSK 3 |
| 老虎 | lǎo hǔ | tiger | HSK 4 |
| 狼吞虎咽 | láng tūn hǔ yàn | to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously | HSK 6 |