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
AABB-type reduplication of 馬虎／马虎 (mǎhu, “careless; not serious”) for emphasis.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maa5-1 maa5-1 fu2-1 fu2-1
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): má-má-hu-hu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mǎmǎhūhū [Phonetic: mámǎhūhū]
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨ ㄏㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǎmǎhuhu
- Wade–Giles: ma3-ma3-hu1-hu1
- Yale: mǎ-mǎ-hū-hū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maamaahuhu
- Palladius: мамахуху (mamaxuxu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мама-хўхў (mama-hwhw, I-II-II-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma²⁴ ma⁵¹ xu⁵¹ xu²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maa5-1 maa5-1 fu2-1 fu2-1
- Yale: mā mā fū fū
- Cantonese Pinyin: maa5-1 maa5-1 fu2-1 fu2-1
- Guangdong Romanization: ma5-1 ma5-1 fu2-1 fu2-1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ-mâ-fú-fú
- Hakka Romanization System: maˊ maˊ fuˋ fuˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ma1 ma1 fu3 fu3
- Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu³¹ fu³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ-mâ-fù-fù
- Hakka Romanization System: maˊ maˊ fuˇ fuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ma1 ma1 fu2 fu2
- Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: ma1 ma1 fu2 fu2
- Sinological IPA: /ma⁴⁴ ma⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
- (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/
- (Hokkien)
Adjective
馬馬虎虎
Synonyms
Further reading
- “馬馬虎虎”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.