马上mǎshàngat once
- Theme
- Adverbs
- Level
- HSK 3
- Strokes
- 6
- Characters
- 2
How 马上 is written
Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.
Examples
我马上就来。
Wǒ mǎshàng jiù lái.
I'm coming right away.
- 我wǒI
- 马上mǎshàngat once
- 就jiùthen; exactly
- 来láito come
请等一下,他马上到。
Qǐng děng yī xià, tā mǎshàng dào.
Please wait a moment, he will be here shortly.
- 请qǐngto ask
- 等děngto wait
- 一yīone
- 下xiàdown; to go down; next
- 他tāhe
- 马上mǎshàngat once
- 到dàoto arrive; until
Not to be confused with
Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.
- 上午
- 上班
- 晚上wǎnshàngevening