忙 (mong4 | mang2) : busy; fully occupied; make haste

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忙

mong4

mang2

[1] [adj] busy; fully occupied; pressed with work [2] [v] make haste; hasten; hurry

Stroke count: 6

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

忙

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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太忙 taai3 mong4 tai4 mang2 = too busy

手忙腳亂 sau2 mong4 goek3 lyun6 shou3 mang2 jiao3 luan4 = thrown into confusion

幫忙 bong1 mong4 bang1 mang2 = to help

急忙 gap1 mong4 ji2 mang2 = hasty; hastily

匆忙 cung1 mong4 cong1 mang2 = hasty; hurried; rushed

繁忙 faan4 mong4 = bustling; busy

趕忙 gon2 mong4 gan3 mang2 = to hurry

臨急臨忙 lam4 gap1 lam4 mong4 = last minute, unprepared, in a great rush 粵

不忙 bat1 mong4 bu4 mang2 = there's no hurry; take one's time 國

不慌不忙 bat1 fong1 bat1 mong4 bu4 huang1 bu4 mang2 = leisurely 國
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Showing all 4 examples containing 忙

每年呢個時候總係咁忙碌粵
It is always so busy this time of the year.

每年這個時候都很忙國
It is always so busy this time of the year.

我忙就唔係幾忙粵
I'm not too busy.
[唔係太忙／唔太忙. This is a useful construction into which you can place lots of other adjectives: 開心 or 急, for example.]

如果你唔忙嘅話，你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 忙
Unicode code for this character: U+5fd9 (off-site link)

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