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马虎
mǎ hu
careless, sloppy

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What does 马虎 mean?

马虎 (pinyin: mǎ hu) means careless, sloppy. It belongs to the official HSK 4 vocabulary (upper intermediate), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 马虎

He is very careless in what he does.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing

The characters of 马虎

horse (HSK 3)
component character

Related HSK 4 words

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