马上馬上 mǎshàng — at once, right away, immediately
mǎshàng (third tone, dipping)ma3shang4
Traditional: 馬上
at once, right away, immediately
HSK 3· HSK 1–6 (classic)Level 1· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardadverb
Meanings
at once, right away, immediately
Says that something will happen with almost no delay. It stands before the verb and is very often paired with 就 or a final 了: 我马上就来.
adverb
Character breakdown
Example sentences
- 请等一下，我马上就来。請等一下，我馬上就來。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) děng (third tone, dipping) yíxià, (second tone, rising) wǒ (third tone, dipping) mǎshàng (third tone, dipping) jiù (fourth tone, falling) lái. (second tone, rising)···
Just a moment, please — I’ll be right there.
- 比赛马上就要开始了。比賽馬上就要開始了。Bǐsài (third tone, dipping) mǎshàng (third tone, dipping) jiù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling) kāishǐ (first tone, high and level) le. (neutral tone)···
The match is about to start.
Similar words
Words containing 马
- 马馬mǎ (third tone, dipping)horse
- 马路馬路mǎ (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)street
- 马车馬車mǎ (third tone, dipping) chē (first tone, high and level)cart
- 马桶馬桶mǎ (third tone, dipping) tǒng (third tone, dipping)chamber pot
- 马力馬力mǎ (third tone, dipping) lì (fourth tone, falling)horsepower
- 黑马黑馬hēi (first tone, high and level) mǎ (third tone, dipping)dark horse
- 马虎馬虎mǎ (third tone, dipping) hu (neutral tone)careless
- 骏马駿馬jùn (fourth tone, falling) mǎ (third tone, dipping)fine horse
- 马戏馬戲mǎ (third tone, dipping) xì (fourth tone, falling)circus
- 千军万马千軍萬馬qiān (first tone, high and level) jūn (first tone, high and level) wàn (fourth tone, falling) mǎ (third tone, dipping)magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
- 马后炮馬後炮mǎ (third tone, dipping) hòu (fourth tone, falling) pào (fourth tone, falling)lit. firing after the horse
Words containing 上
- 上shàng (fourth tone, falling)on, on top of, above
- 身上shēn (first tone, high and level) shang (neutral tone)on the body
- 晚上wǎnshang (third tone, dipping)evening, night
- 早上zǎoshang (third tone, dipping)early morning
- 实际上實際上shí (second tone, rising) jì (fourth tone, falling) shàng (fourth tone, falling)in fact
- 上面shàng (fourth tone, falling) miàn (fourth tone, falling)on top of
- 事实上事實上shì (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising) shàng (fourth tone, falling)in fact
- 路上lù (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the road
- 加上jiā (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)plus
- 上午shàngwǔ (fourth tone, falling)morning (before noon)
- 上班shàngbān (fourth tone, falling)to go to work, to be at work
- 车上車上chē (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)Car
- 以上yǐ (third tone, dipping) shàng (fourth tone, falling)that level or higher
- 上去shàng (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go up
- 地上dì (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the ground
- 上网上網shàngwǎng (fourth tone, falling)to go online, to use the internet
- 上周shàng (fourth tone, falling) zhōu (first tone, high and level)last week