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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
马马虎虎
careless
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
careless
02
casual
03
vague
04
not so bad
05
so-so
06
tolerable
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 马马虎虎 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 马马虎虎 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 马马虎虎.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 马马虎虎.
Directly before
- 马马马虎虎1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 马马虎虎
What does 马马虎虎 mean in Chinese?
马马虎虎 (mǎmahūhū) means careless.
How do you pronounce 马马虎虎?
马马虎虎 is pronounced mǎmahūhū.
Is 马马虎虎 an HSK word?
马马虎虎 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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