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Stroke order
马上 is written in 6 strokes across 2 characters.
- 马 — 3 strokes
- 上 — 3 strokes
Senses
- at once
- right away
- immediately
- 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
马上 is pronounced mǎshàng and means “ทันที, โดยตรง”. 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.