馬馬虎虎

See also: 马马虎虎

Chinese

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|- ! !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
(Pinyin): mǎmǎhǔhǔ, mǎmǎhūhū

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ, ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄏㄨ
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): /ma̠²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ 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): /ma̠²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
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): /mɑː¹³⁻⁵⁵ mɑː¹³⁻⁵⁵ 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.

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