忙 máng▶ sibuk

Stroke order

忙 is written in 6 strokes.

• 忙

Senses

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

Example sentences

• 我今天很忙。Wǒ jīntiān hěn máng.I am very busy today.
• 他工作太忙了。Tā gōngzuò tài máng le.He is too busy at work.

Related words

• 帮忙Membantu
• 匆忙tergesa-gesa
• 急忙Tergesa-gesa
• 连忙Tergesa-gesa
• 忙碌Sibuk
• 繁忙sibuk

忙 is pronounced máng and means “sibuk”. It belongs to the HSK 2 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 忙 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.