马上 mǎshàng Right off

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Traditional: 馬上

Stroke order

马上 is written in 6 strokes across 2 characters.

马上 — the Chinese character for Right off (mǎshàng), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 马上 — Right off

马 — 3 strokes
上 — 3 strokes

Senses

at once
right away
immediately
on horseback (i.e. by military force)

Characters in 马上

马 mǎ — horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
上 shàng — (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

我马上就来。Wǒ mǎshàng jiù lái.I will come right away.
电影马上要开始了。Diànyǐng mǎshàng yào kāishǐ le.The film is about to start.

Related words

马上 is pronounced mǎshàng and means “Right off”.

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