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马上

mǎ shàng

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 馬上

马上 (mǎ shàng) means "at once". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 马上 means

1. at once
2. right away
3. immediately
4. on horseback (i.e. by military force)

The characters in 马上

• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…

Example sentences

• 马上！
  Now!
• 马上上马！
  Mǎshàng shàngmǎ!
  Get on the horse immediately!
• 马上开始。
  Start now.
• 马上回来。
  Return immediately.
• 我马上就来。
  I'll be right with you.
• 好，马上来！
  Okay, I'm coming!

Words starting with 马上

• 马上比武mǎ shàng bǐ wǔtournament (contest in Western chivalry); jousting
• 马上风mǎ shàng fēngdeath during sexual intercourse

Words containing 马上

• 走马上任zǒu mǎ shàng rèn(idiom) to take office; to assume a post

Where 马上 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Directions & Location (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mǎ shàng correctly.
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