# 马虎 (mǎhu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 马虎 (mǎhu) means “careless; sloppy”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: careless; sloppy
- Pinyin: mǎhu (ma3 hu5)
- Traditional: 馬虎
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 他做事情总是太马虎了。
  Tā zuò shìqing zǒngshì tài mǎhu le.
  He is always too careless when doing things.

## Characters

- [马](https://hanziro.com/word/ma-horse/) (mǎ): horse
- [虎](https://hanziro.com/word/hu-tiger/) (hǔ): tiger

https://hanziro.com/word/ma-hu-careless/

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