马上 mǎshàng▶ Segera; Langsung

Stroke order

马上 is written in 6 strokes across 2 characters.

• 马 — 3 strokes
• 上 — 3 strokes

Senses

1. at once
2. right away
3. immediately
4. on horseback (i.e. by military force)

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Kuda
• 上网Berselancar di internet
• 上班bertugas
• 早上pagi
• 晚上malam
• 马虎Ceroboh

马上 is pronounced mǎshàng and means “Segera; Langsung”. HSK 3 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 马上 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.