5,612 new entries added last week

  • my nciku
  • conversations
  • Q&A
  • theme words
  • tools
  • nciku mini

listen

 Auto Play

listen

 Auto Play
HSK rank
马大哈
Font Size

Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

马大哈 [mǎdàhā]
  1. 1. adjective careless
  2. 2. noun scatterbrain

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

马大哈 [mǎdàhā]
  1. 1. [verbal] careless; forgetful
    他可真够马大哈的了，自己丢了表，居然不知道。
    How careless he is! He even doesn't know that he's lost his watch.
    生活不能马大哈,否则到手的东西也不能好好珍惜。
  2. 2. [verbal] a careless person; scatterbrain
    他是个马大哈，老忘锁门。
    He's such a scatterbrain that he always forgets to lock the door.
    同学是个马大哈,老忘了带书。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

马大哈 [mǎdàhā]
  1. 1. 形 形容粗心大意,随随便便
    你也太马大哈了,连自己家的电话号码都记不清。
  2. 2. 名 指粗心大意、随随便便的人。
See more results for 马大哈 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

他可真够马大哈的了，自己丢了表，居然不知道。
How careless he is! He even doesn't know that he's lost his watch. → 马大哈
他是个马大哈，老忘锁门。
He's such a scatterbrain that he always forgets to lock the door. → 马大哈
生活不能马大哈,否则到手的东西也不能好好珍惜。 → 马大哈
同学是个马大哈,老忘了带书。 → 马大哈
他做事总是稀里马虎的, 所以大家都叫他“马大哈”。
He is always very careless, that's why he is nicknamed "scatterbrain". → 稀里马虎
他的外号叫"马大哈"。 → 外号

Word Decomposition

马
[mǎ] 		+ 大
[dà] 		+ 哈
[hā]

Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.

Ask a Question

Recently Reviewed Words

help make nciku betterSend Feedback
Content partners 外研社collins