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马虎

马虎 mǎhu

马虎 mǎhu Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 马虎 mǎhu .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mǎhu | ma3 hu5
English translation
careless
sloppy
negligent
skimpy

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Traditional form

馬虎

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng
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Etymology of 马虎 mǎhu

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Type

pictographic

Explanation

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a horse.

Positional decomposition

⿹?

Number of Strokes

3

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a tiger.

Positional decomposition

虍几

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 马虎 mǎhu

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guì zài biān , 马马虎虎 mǎ ma hū hū de 盥洗 guàn xǐ le 一下 yīxià .

Kneeling beside the stream, he made a rough toilet.

最后 zuìhòu 一行 yī xíng dòu tài 马虎 mǎhu , 我们 wǒmen yǐn 清楚 qīngchu .

You flung away that last line. We couldn't hear you.

de Yóu yǒng 技术 jìshù 怎么样 zěnmeyàng ? -- 马马虎虎 mǎ ma hū hū , Yóu yuǎn .

Are you a good swimmer? -- Just so - so. I can't swim far.

看到这么 zhè me 草率 cǎoshuài 马虎 mǎhu de 产品 chǎnpǐn , zhēn jiào 厌恶 yànwù .

It appalled me to see such sloppy work.

问题 wèntí 之一 zhī yī shì duì 机场 jīchǎng 员工 yuángōng de 安检 ān jiǎn 措施 cuòshī 马虎 mǎhu 松懈 sōng xiè

One of the problem areas is lax security for airport personnel.

马虎 mǎhu Decomposition

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马虎 mǎhu Compounds

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