马 mǎ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 马 — horse
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
马上
mǎshàng
right away, at once
Characters in this word
上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我马上就来。 Wǒ mǎshàng jiù lái. I'll be right there.
- 他马上走。 Tā mǎshàng zǒu. He's leaving right away.
- 妈妈马上回家。 Māma mǎshàng huí jiā. Mom will be home soon.
Related words
- 马路 mǎlù street, road
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 上 shàng on, above; to go up
- 上班 shàngbān to go to work
- 上边 shàngbian above, on top
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 上课 shàngkè to attend class, to start class