(máng) - busy, occupied in Mandarin
mángTraditional: 忙
HSK 2
#453 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
busy, occupied
Word origin
忙 (máng) 'busy' is a phono-semantic compound: the heart radical 忄(心, heart/mind) gives the sense of a preoccupied mind, and 亡 (wáng) supplies the sound.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 忄(heart, meaning) + 亡 (wáng, phonetic)
Stroke order
忙
Examples
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Have you been busy recently?
。
He is busy preparing for exams.
，。
I am too busy and have no time.
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Mum is busy in the kitchen.
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The teacher is especially busy today.
忙 (máng) - busy, occupied.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 忙.
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