麻溜

máliū

adverb

Meanings

HSK 7-9

麻溜点儿，别磨蹭！

Máliū diǎnr, bié móceng!

Hurry up, stop dawdling!

HSK 7-9

他麻溜地把活儿干完了。

Tā máliū de bǎ huór gàn wán le.

He briskly finished the work.

Strongly Northeastern (东北话) flavor, heard constantly in Dongbei TV dramas and stand-up comedy. In standard Mandarin use 快点儿 or 赶紧 instead.

mistakes

The second syllable is light tone (溜 to liu in fast speech). Often heard as 麻溜点儿, a casual nudge to get moving.

麻 má

溜 liū