A mandarin word.


Hanzi (Chinese characters)
馬馬虎虎
Pinyin (pronounciation guide)
ma3ma3hu1hu1 → ma2ma3hu1hu *
Literal translation
"horse horse tiger tiger"
Definition (adj.)
  1. careless.
  2. passable; so-so.
  3. messy.


kalen reminds me that in Chinese, actual pronunciation is different from the concatination of sounds in a dictionary.