马虎 mǎhu Careless

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Traditional: 馬虎

Stroke order

马虎 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

马虎 — the Chinese character for Careless (mǎhu), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 马虎 — Careless

马 — 3 strokes
虎 — 8 strokes

Senses

careless
sloppy
negligent
skimpy

Characters in 马虎

马 mǎ — horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
虎 hǔ — tiger

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

Example sentences

他做事一向很马虎。Tā zuòshì yíxiàng hěn mǎhu.He has always been careless in what he does.
这么重要的事可不能马虎。Zhème zhòngyào de shì kě bù néng mǎhu.One really must not be careless about something this important.

Related words

马虎 is pronounced mǎhu and means “Careless”.

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