馬馬虎虎

See also: 马马虎虎

Chinese

		horse; surname	horse; surname	tiger	tiger
trad. (馬馬虎虎)		馬	馬	虎	虎
simp. (马马虎虎)		马	马	虎	虎

Etymology

Reduplication of 馬虎／马虎 (mǎhu, “careless; not serious”) for emphasis.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mǎmǎhǔhǔ, mǎmǎhūhū

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ, ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄏㄨ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): мама-хўхў (mama-hwhw, I-II-II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa^5-1 maa^5-1 fu^2-1 fu^2-1
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mâ-mâ-fú-fú / mâ-mâ-fù-fù
Min Nan (POJ): má-má-hu-hu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎmǎhǔhǔ [Phonetic: mámǎhúhǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maamaahuuhuu
  - IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, common colloquial variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎmǎhūhū [Phonetic: mámǎhūhū]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄏㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maamaahuhu
  - IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: мама-хўхў (mama-hwhw, I-II-II-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /maː²⁴ maː⁵¹ xuː⁵¹ xuː²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa^5-1 maa^5-1 fu^2-1 fu^2-1
  - Yale: mā mā fū fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa^5-1 maa^5-1 fu^2-1 fu^2-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma¹ ma¹ fu¹ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mäː¹³⁻⁵⁵ mäː¹³⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ-mâ-fú-fú
  - Hakka Romanization System: ma´ ma´ fu` fu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ ma¹ fu³ fu³
  - IPA: /ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu³¹ fu³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ-mâ-fù-fù
  - Hakka Romanization System: ma´ ma´ fuˇ fuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ ma¹ fu² fu²
  - IPA: /ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-má-hu-hu
  - Tâi-lô: má-má-hu-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mafmafhu'hw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³ hu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/

Adjective

馬馬虎虎

careless; sloppy
so-so; neither good nor bad
你的中文馬馬虎虎，你應該多學習。 [MSC, trad.]
你的中文马马虎虎，你应该多学习。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ de Zhōngwén mǎmǎhūhū, nǐ yīnggāi duō xuéxí. [Pinyin]
Your Chinese is so-so, you should study more.

Synonyms

(careless): (Min Nan) 雖罔仔／虽罔仔

馬馬虎虎

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Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

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