马上 (mǎ shàng): meaning and stroke order
马上 (mǎ shàng) means at once, right away, immediately, on horseback (i.e. by military force).
马上
- Simplified
- 马上
- Traditional
- 馬上
- Pinyin
- mǎ shàng
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Stroke order of 马上
马
- Mǎ surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- mǎ horse; CL:匹[pi3]
- 3 strokes
- Traditional form: 馬
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上
- shǎng used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- shàng (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts)
- 3 strokes
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Meaning of 马上
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mǎ shàng
Traditional 馬上
- at once
- right away
- immediately
- on horseback (i.e. by military force)
Radicals of the characters
- 马
- Radical 马 (Kangxi radical 187) in its simplified form · 3 strokes
- 上
- Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 3 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
马上 in our stories
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突然，天黑了下来，大雨马上就下了起来。
tūrán tiān hēi le xiàlai dà yǔ mǎshàng jiù xià le qǐlai
Suddenly the sky went dark and heavy rain started at once.
From the story No umbrella HSK 3
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他马上就下了单，心里还想：“这么便宜，太划算了！”
tā mǎshàng jiù xià le dān xīnli hái xiǎng zhème piányi tài huásuàn le
He ordered it at once, thinking, "So cheap, what a bargain!"
From the story The ninety-nine-yuan sofa HSK 4
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这回他终于明白了，马上把羊圈修好，以后再也没丢过羊。
zhè huí tā zhōngyú míngbai le mǎshàng bǎ yángjuàn xiū hǎo yǐhòu zài yě méi diū guò yáng
This time he finally understood, mended the fold at once, and never lost a sheep again.
From the story Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5
Stories using 马上
- No umbrella HSK 3
- The ninety-nine-yuan sofa HSK 4
- Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5
- No perfect answer HSK 6
- The banquet that never ended HSK 6
- The old man who lost his horse HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).