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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.

马 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
上 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 马上

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