忙

máng

m+áng·2nd tone

busy · hurriedly

Radical: 忄 Strokes: 6 HSK 1

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

性情离惊怀快忧慢怪恨禽恒

Same radical

性情离惊怀快忧慢怪恨禽恒悔悟慎

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Character Decomposition

忙=忄+亡

Etymology

A heart 忄 faced with death 亡; 亡 also provides the pronunciation

Meanings

busy

hurriedly

to hurry

to rush

máng

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Words with 忙 110 total

to help · to lend a hand · to do a favor · to do a good turn帮忙bāng máng busy · bustling繁忙fán máng hasty · hurried匆忙cōng máng to hurry · to hasten · to make haste赶忙gǎn máng busy schedule百忙bǎi máng to be busy rushing about · to bustle about奔忙bēn máng (dialect) bustling · lively闹忙nào máng in a great rush · in a flurry慌忙huāng máng

Idioms with 忙 16 total Chain

(idiom) calm; unhurried; composed不慌不忙bù huāng bù máng (idiom) to snatch a moment of leisure in the midst of a busy schedule忙里偷闲máng lǐ tōu xián rushed work leads to errors (idiom)忙中有错máng zhōng yǒu cuò rushed work leads to errors (idiom)忙中有失máng zhōng yǒu shī

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