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忙

máng

HSK 2 Character

What 忙 means

1. busy
2. hurriedly
3. to hurry
4. to rush

Example sentences

• 现在忙
  Xiànzài máng
  Busy right now.
• 忙吗？
  Are you busy?
• 太忙！
  Busy!
• 你忙吗？
  Are you busy?
• 您忙吗？
  Are you busy?
• 我很忙。
  I'm busy.

Words starting with 忙

• 忙碌máng lùbusy; bustling
• 忙于máng yúbusy with
• 忙活máng huoto be really busy; pressing business
• 忙不迭máng bù diéhurriedly; in haste
• 忙乱máng luànrushed and muddled
• 忙乎máng hūto be busy (colloquial)
• 忙里偷闲máng lǐ tōu xián(idiom) to snatch a moment of leisure in the midst of a busy schedule
• 忙着máng zheto be occupied with (doing sth)
• 忙音máng yīnbusy signal (telephony)
• 忙不过来máng bù guò láito have more work than one can deal with; to have one's hands full
• 忙中有失máng zhōng yǒu shīrushed work leads to errors (idiom)
• 忙中有错máng zhōng yǒu cuòrushed work leads to errors (idiom)
• 忙进忙出máng jìn máng chūvery busy
• 忙忙叨叨máng mang dāo dāoin a busy and hasty manner

Words containing 忙

• 帮忙bāng mángto help; to lend a hand; to do a favor
• 连忙lián mángpromptly; at once
• 急忙jí mánghastily
• 匆忙cōng mánghasty; hurried
• 繁忙fán mángbusy; bustling
• 慌忙huāng mángin a great rush; in a flurry
• 赶忙gǎn mángto hurry; to hasten; to make haste
• 急急忙忙jí jí máng mánghurriedly
• 手忙脚乱shǒu máng jiǎo luàn(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
• 帮帮忙bāng bang mángto help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!
• 不慌不忙bù huāng bù máng(idiom) calm; unhurried; composed
• 奔忙bēn mángto be busy rushing about; to bustle about
• 农忙nóng máng(agriculture) busy season; peak farming season
• 不忙bù máng(polite formula) there's no hurry; take your time
• 着忙zháo mángto rush; in a hurry; to worry about being late
• 大忙人dà máng rénbusy bee; very busy person
• 帮倒忙bāng dào mángto be more of a hindrance than a help
• 穷忙族qióng máng zúthe working poor
• 越帮越忙yuè bāng yuè mángto be officious; to kibitz; to be meddlesome
• 事务繁忙shì wù fán mángto be swamped with pressing affairs; to be snowed under with work
• 闹忙nào máng(dialect) bustling; lively
• 瞎忙xiā mángto putter around; to work to no avail
• 百忙bǎi mángbusy schedule

Characters built on 亡

These share the phonetic component 亡 (wáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglect
• 盲mángblind
• 芒mángawn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade)
• 妄wàngabsurd; fantastic; presumptuous
• 氓mángused in 流氓
• 邙MángMt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

Characters that look like 忙

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 价jiàprice; value; (chemistry) valence
• 伽gāused in the transliteration of Greek letters
• 韧rènannealed; pliable but strong; tough
• 牡mǔ(of a bird, animal or plant) male; key; hills
• 佃diànto rent farmland from a landlord
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous

Sounds the same

Read máng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 盲blind
• 芒awn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade)
• 氓used in 流氓
• 茫vast, with no clear boundary; fig. hazy; indistinct
• 尨shaggy dog; striped
• 硭crude saltpeter
• 铓sharp point; point of sword
• 哤jargon
• 杗ridge-pole in roof
• 杧used in 杧果
• 牻(literary) black and white cattle
• 駹black horse with a white face