馬上

See also: 马上

Chinese

horse; surname
 
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (馬上) 馬 上
simp. (马上) 马 上
anagram 上馬/上马

Etymology

From 馬背上 (mǎ bèi shàng), "on horseback", by extension, "at once; immediately", on account of the horse being the fastest mode of transportation in ancient times.[1]

Pronunciation


Adverb

馬上

  1. at once; immediately; without delay; in a minute; soon
    我馬上就回來。/我马上就回来。  ―  Wǒ mǎshàng jiù huílái.  ―  I'll be back in a minute.
    馬上要過年了,回去又要拼酒了。 [MSC, trad.]
    马上要过年了,回去又要拼酒了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Mǎshàng yào guònián le, huíqù yòu yào pīnjiǔ le. [Pinyin]
    Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I have to have drinking contests again when I go back.
  2. (literally, literary) on horseback (especially of a military campaign)

Synonyms

  • (at once):

References

  1. 文若愚 (2014) 语言常识全知道, 中国华侨出版社

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬 上
ば
Grade: 2
じょう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

馬(ば)上(じょう) • (bajō) 

  1. horseback, the back of a horse
  2. horseback riding

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  • Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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