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忙
máng
1. busy
2. hurriedly
3. to hurry
4. to rush
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

忙
máng
busy, hurried, pressed for time
HSK 2 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

闹忙
nàománg
(dialect) bustling
忙活
mánghuo
to be really busy
忙碌
mánglù
busy
HSK 6
忙着
mángzhe
to be occupied with (doing sth)
急忙
jímáng
hastily
HSK 5
慌忙
huāngmáng
in a great rush
百忙
bǎimáng
busy schedule
瞎忙
xiāmáng
to putter around
繁忙
fánmáng
busy
HSK 6
着忙
zháománg
to rush
赶忙
gǎnmáng
to hurry
农忙
nóngmáng
busy farming season
连忙
liánmáng
promptly
HSK 5
不忙
bùmáng
there's no hurry
匆忙
cōngmáng
hasty
HSK 5
奔忙
bēnmáng
to be busy rushing about
帮忙
bāngmáng
to help
HSK 3
忙乎
mánghū
to be busy (colloquial)
忙乱
mángluàn
rushed and muddled
忙于
mángyú
busy with

Example Sentences (7)

你在忙什么呢？
Nǐ zài máng shénme ne?
What are you busy with?
Text 4
你在忙什么呢？刚才打你的手机你也不接。
nǐ zài máng shénme ne? gāngcái dǎ nǐ de shǒujī nǐ yě bù jiē.
What are you doing? I just called your cell phone and you didn't answer.
Text 2
是啊，他这几天很忙，没有时间休息。
Shì a, tā zhè jǐ tiān hěn máng, méiyǒu shíjiān xiūxi.
Yeah, he's been very busy these days and doesn't have time to rest.
Text 4
这可能是因为工作太忙，忙得没时间跟别人见面，累得不愿意和别人多说话。
Zhè kěnéng shì yīnwèi gōngzuò tài máng, máng de méi shíjiān gēn bié rén jiànmiàn, lèi de bú yuànyì hé bié rén duō shuōhuà.
This may be because work is too busy, so busy that there’s no time to meet others, and so tired that they don’t want to talk much with others.
Text 4
这可能是因为工作太忙，忙得没时间跟别人见面，累得不愿意和别人多说话。
Zhè kěnéng shì yīnwèi gōngzuò tài máng, máng de méi shíjiān gēn bié rén jiànmiàn, lèi de bú yuànyì hé bié rén duō shuōhuà.
This may be because work is too busy, so busy that there’s no time to meet others, and so tired that they don’t want to talk much with others.
Text 4
十年过去了，现在他已经是校长了，因为太忙，每天早上我起床后都看不到他，晚上很晚他才回到家。
shí nián guòqù le, xiànzài tā yǐjīng shì xiàozhǎng le, yīnwèi tài máng, měitiān zǎoshang wǒ qǐchuáng hòu dōu kàn bú dào tā, wǎnshang hěn wǎn tā cái huídào jiā.
Ten years have passed. Now he is already the principal. Because he’s so busy, every morning after I get up I can’t see him, and he doesn’t get home until very late at night.
Text 4
没关系，你忙吧。
méi guānxi, nǐ máng ba.
No worries, you go ahead.
Text 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
826
Word Frequency Rank
441 of 84,292