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马虎 (mǎ hu): Meaning, Examples & Usage | HSK 4

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马虎 (mǎ hu): Careless (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

马虎 consists of 2 characters.

Word Info

Pinyinmǎ hu

Meaningcareless

Characters2

HSK 2.0Level 4

HSK 3.0Level 6

SyntaxAdjective

Word马虎

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3.

How to Use 马虎 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 马虎 with other words naturally.

Adjective + Nounwith人

mǎ马

hu虎

de的

rén人

neutral

a careless person

Adverb + Adjectivewith很

hěn很

mǎ马

hu虎

neutral

very careless

Auxiliary Verb + Adjectivewith不能

bù不

néng能

mǎ马

hu虎

Verb + Complementwith做事

zuò做

shì事

mǎ马

hu虎

4.

Example Sentences with 马虎

tā他

zuò做

shì事

hěn很

mǎ马

hǔ虎

。

neutral

cannot be careless

neutral

do things carelessly

He is very careless in his work.

tā他

zuò做

shì事

tài太

mǎ马

hu虎

，

jīng经

cháng常

chū出

cuò错

。

He is too careless in his work and often makes mistakes.

tā他

jiǎn检

chá查

bào报

gào告

shí时

tài太

mǎ马

hǔ虎

，

lòu漏

diào掉

le了

guān关

jiàn键

shù数

jù据

。

He was too careless when checking the report and missed the key data.

nǐ你

zuì最

jìn近

gōng工

zuò作

shì是

bu不

shì是

yǒu有

diǎn点

mǎ马

hǔ虎

？

Have you been a bit careless with your work lately?

xiǎo小

míng明

xiě写

zuò作

yè业

tài太

mǎ马

hǔ虎

，

cuò错

le了

hěn很

duō多

tí题

。

Xiao Ming did his homework too carelessly and made many mistakes.

tā她

cóng从

bù不

mǎ马

hǔ虎

duì对

dài待

kè客

hù户

de的

rèn任

hé何

yāo要

qiú求

。

She never treats any customer request carelessly.

suī虽

rán然

shí时

jiān间

jǐn紧

，

dàn但

yě也

bù不

néng能

mǎ马

hǔ虎

yìng应

fù付

。

Even though time is tight, we cannot handle it carelessly.

zhè这

ge个

jì计

huà划

bù不

néng能

mǎ马

hǔ虎

，

bì必

xū须

rèn认

zhēn真

duì对

dài待

měi每

yí一

gè个

xì细

jié节

。

We cannot be careless with this plan; we must take every detail seriously.

tā他

píng平

shí时

hěn很

rèn认

zhēn真

，

jīn今

tiān天

què却

mǎ马

hǔ虎

dì地

qiān签

le了

zì字

。

He is usually very careful, but today he signed the document carelessly.

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后悔hòu huǐto regret
导游dǎo yóulead a site-seeing tour
诚实chéng shíhonest
乘坐chéng zuòto ride (in a vehicle)
并且bìng qiěand
安全ān quánsafe; security
词语cí yǔwords and expressions
回忆huí yìto recall
技术jì shùtechnology
打扮dǎ banto decorate
坚持jiān chíto persevere with
按照àn zhàoaccording to

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