Chinese symbol for “tolerable”
马马虎虎
mǎ ma hū hū
Traditional: 馬馬虎虎
careless; casual; vague; not so bad
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tolerable is 马马虎虎 (mǎ ma hū hū), defined as: careless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 马马虎虎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马上 (馬上) | mǎ shàng | at once; right away |
| 马克 (馬克) | mǎ kè | mark (monetary unit) |
| 马路 (馬路) | mǎ lù | street; road |
| 人马 (人馬) | rén mǎ | men and horses; troops |
| 骑马 (騎馬) | qí mǎ | to ride a horse |
| 宝马 (寶馬) | bǎo mǎ | precious horse |
| 老虎 | lǎo hǔ | tiger; 只 (zhī) |
| 猛虎 | měng hǔ | fierce tiger |
| 马虎 (馬虎) | mǎ hu | careless; sloppy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tolerable”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.