"馬馬虎虎" meaning in All languages combined

See 馬馬虎虎 on Wiktionary

Adjective [Chinese]

IPA: /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ma²⁴ ma⁵¹ xu⁵¹ xu²⁴/ [Dungan, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu³¹ fu³¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /ma⁴⁴ ma⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³ hu³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/, /ma²⁴ ma⁵¹ xu⁵¹ xu²⁴/, /maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/, /ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu³¹ fu³¹/, /ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/, /ma⁴⁴ ma⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/, /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/, /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³ hu³³/, /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/, /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/, /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: mǎmǎhǔhǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], mǎmǎhūhū [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨ ㄏㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], мама-хўхў [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], mama-hwhw [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], I-II-II-I [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], maa⁵⁻¹ maa⁵⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mâ-mâ-fú-fú [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], mâ-mâ-fù-fù [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], ma¹ ma¹ fu² fu² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], má-má-hu-hu, mǎmǎhǔhǔ [Phonetic:mámǎhúhǔ] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mǎmǎhǔhǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ma³-ma³-hu³-hu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mǎ-mǎ-hǔ-hǔ [Mandarin, Yale], maamaahuuhuu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мамахуху [Mandarin, Palladius], mamaxuxu [Mandarin, Palladius], mǎmǎhūhū [Phonetic:mámǎhūhū] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨ ㄏㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mǎmǎhuhu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ma³-ma³-hu¹-hu¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mǎ-mǎ-hū-hū [Mandarin, Yale], maamaahuhu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], mā mā fū fū [Cantonese, Yale], maa⁵⁻¹ maa⁵⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ma⁵⁻¹ ma⁵⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], mâ-mâ-fú-fú [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ma´ ma´ fu` fu` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], ma¹ ma¹ fu³ fu³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], mâ-mâ-fù-fù [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], ma´ ma´ fuˇ fuˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], ma¹ ma¹ fu² fu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], má-má-hu-hu [Hokkien, POJ], má-má-hu-hu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], mafmafhu'hw [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Etymology: AABB-type reduplication of 馬虎/马虎 (mǎhu, “careless; not serious”) for emphasis. Etymology templates: {{zh-l|馬虎|careless; not serious|tr=}} 馬虎/马虎 (mǎhu, “careless; not serious”), {{zh-etym-AABB|馬虎|careless; not serious}} AABB-type reduplication of 馬虎/马虎 (mǎhu, “careless; not serious”) Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 馬馬虎虎
  1. careless; sloppy Synonyms (careless): 二馬一虎 [Jin], 二马一虎 [Jin], 雖罔仔 [Hokkien], 虽罔仔 [Hokkien]
    Sense id: en-馬馬虎虎-zh-adj-dA0Fm2z4 Disambiguation of 'careless': 99 1
  2. so-so; neither good nor bad
    Sense id: en-馬馬虎虎-zh-adj-iEWOG3HX Categories (other): Chinese AABB-type reduplications, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese AABB-type reduplications: 0 100 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 一般 (yībān), 不大離 (bùdàlí) [regional], 不大离 (bùdàlí) [regional], 勉強, 勉强, 巴巴結結 (bāba-jiējiē) [regional], 巴巴结结 (bāba-jiējiē) [regional], 平常 (píngcháng) [euphemistic], 湊合 [colloquial], 凑合 [colloquial], 說得過去 (shuōdeguòqù), 说得过去 (shuōdeguòqù), 過得去 (guòdeqù), 过得去 (guòdeqù), 還可以 (háikěyǐ), 还可以 (háikěyǐ), 還好 (háihǎo), 还好 (háihǎo)

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          "text": "你的中文马马虎虎,你应该多学习。 [MSC, simp.]\nNǐ de Zhōngwén mǎmǎhūhū, nǐ yīnggāi duō xuéxí. [Pinyin]",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎmǎhūhū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨ ㄏㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мама-хўхў"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mama-hwhw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "I-II-II-I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa⁵⁻¹ maa⁵⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ fu²⁻¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ-mâ-fú-fú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ-mâ-fù-fù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma¹ ma¹ fu² fu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "má-má-hu-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎmǎhǔhǔ [Phonetic:mámǎhúhǔ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎmǎhǔhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³-ma³-hu³-hu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎ-mǎ-hǔ-hǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maamaahuuhuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мамахуху"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mamaxuxu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎmǎhūhū [Phonetic:mámǎhūhū]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨ ㄏㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎmǎhuhu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³-ma³-hu¹-hu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎ-mǎ-hū-hū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maamaahuhu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴ ma⁵¹ xu⁵¹ xu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mā mā fū fū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa⁵⁻¹ maa⁵⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ fu²⁻¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma⁵⁻¹ ma⁵⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ fu²⁻¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ-mâ-fú-fú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma´ ma´ fu` fu`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma¹ ma¹ fu³ fu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu³¹ fu³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ-mâ-fù-fù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma´ ma´ fuˇ fuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma¹ ma¹ fu² fu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma⁴⁴ ma⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "má-má-hu-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "má-má-hu-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mafmafhu'hw"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³ hu³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: mámǎhúhǔ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: mámǎhūhū]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴ ma⁵¹ xu⁵¹ xu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu³¹ fu³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma⁴⁴ ma⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³ hu³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yībān",
      "word": "一般"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùdàlí",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "不大離"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùdàlí",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "不大离"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "勉強"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "勉强"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bāba-jiējiē",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "巴巴結結"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bāba-jiējiē",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "巴巴结结"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "píngcháng",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "平常"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "湊合"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "凑合"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shuōdeguòqù",
      "word": "說得過去"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shuōdeguòqù",
      "word": "说得过去"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "guòdeqù",
      "word": "過得去"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "guòdeqù",
      "word": "过得去"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "háikěyǐ",
      "word": "還可以"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "háikěyǐ",
      "word": "还可以"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "háihǎo",
      "word": "還好"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "háihǎo",
      "word": "还好"
    }
  ],
  "word": "馬馬虎虎"
}
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    "Chinese AABB-type reduplications",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "馬虎",
        "2": "careless; not serious",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "馬虎/马虎 (mǎhu, “careless; not serious”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "馬虎",
        "2": "careless; not serious"
      },
      "expansion": "AABB-type reduplication of 馬虎/马虎 (mǎhu, “careless; not serious”)",
      "name": "zh-etym-AABB"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "AABB-type reduplication of 馬虎/马虎 (mǎhu, “careless; not serious”) for emphasis.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "馬馬虎虎",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "careless; sloppy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "careless",
          "careless"
        ],
        [
          "sloppy",
          "sloppy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Your Chinese is so-so, you should study more.",
          "ref": "你的中文馬馬虎虎,你應該多學習。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "你的中文马马虎虎,你应该多学习。 [MSC, simp.]\nNǐ de Zhōngwén mǎmǎhūhū, nǐ yīnggāi duō xuéxí. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so-so; neither good nor bad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "so-so",
          "so-so"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎmǎhǔhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎmǎhūhū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨ ㄏㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мама-хўхў"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mama-hwhw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "I-II-II-I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa⁵⁻¹ maa⁵⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ fu²⁻¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ-mâ-fú-fú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ-mâ-fù-fù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma¹ ma¹ fu² fu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "má-má-hu-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎmǎhǔhǔ [Phonetic:mámǎhúhǔ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎmǎhǔhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³-ma³-hu³-hu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎ-mǎ-hǔ-hǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maamaahuuhuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мамахуху"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mamaxuxu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎmǎhūhū [Phonetic:mámǎhūhū]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨ ㄏㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎmǎhuhu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma³-ma³-hu¹-hu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǎ-mǎ-hū-hū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maamaahuhu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴ ma⁵¹ xu⁵¹ xu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mā mā fū fū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maa⁵⁻¹ maa⁵⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ fu²⁻¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma⁵⁻¹ ma⁵⁻¹ fu²⁻¹ fu²⁻¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ-mâ-fú-fú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma´ ma´ fu` fu`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma¹ ma¹ fu³ fu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu³¹ fu³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ-mâ-fù-fù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma´ ma´ fuˇ fuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma¹ ma¹ fu² fu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma⁴⁴ ma⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "má-má-hu-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "má-má-hu-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mafmafhu'hw"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³ hu³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: mámǎhúhǔ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: mámǎhūhū]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴ ma⁵¹ xu⁵¹ xu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵ fuː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu³¹ fu³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma⁴⁴ ma⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fu¹¹ fu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³ hu³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "careless",
      "tags": [
        "Jin"
      ],
      "word": "二馬一虎"
    },
    {
      "sense": "careless",
      "tags": [
        "Jin"
      ],
      "word": "二马一虎"
    },
    {
      "sense": "careless",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "雖罔仔"
    },
    {
      "sense": "careless",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "虽罔仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yībān",
      "word": "一般"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùdàlí",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "不大離"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùdàlí",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "不大离"
    },
    {
      "word": "勉強"
    },
    {
      "word": "勉强"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bāba-jiējiē",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "巴巴結結"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bāba-jiējiē",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "巴巴结结"
    },
    {
      "roman": "píngcháng",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "平常"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "湊合"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "凑合"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuōdeguòqù",
      "word": "說得過去"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuōdeguòqù",
      "word": "说得过去"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guòdeqù",
      "word": "過得去"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guòdeqù",
      "word": "过得去"
    },
    {
      "roman": "háikěyǐ",
      "word": "還可以"
    },
    {
      "roman": "háikěyǐ",
      "word": "还可以"
    },
    {
      "roman": "háihǎo",
      "word": "還好"
    },
    {
      "roman": "háihǎo",
      "word": "还好"
    }
  ],
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}
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