忙
máng HSK1

busy

忙 máng
favor noun
a favor or help (usually in the context of 帮忙 bāng​máng)

你是在要求一个不认识你的人帮你一个忙。

nǐ shì zài yāo​qiú yī​ge bù rèn​shi nǐ de rén bāng nǐ yī​ge máng.

You are asking someone who does not know you for a favor.

busy adjectiveverb
busy; fully occupied with tasks; having no free time

我忙着准备生日派对。

wǒ máng zhe zhǔn​bèi shēng​rì pài​duì.

I'm busy preparing for a birthday party.

他不是忙，他是不在乎。

tā bù​shì máng, tā shì bù​zài​hu.

He’s not busy, he just doesn’t care.

to hurry verbadverb
to hurry; to hasten; to be busy with something
Mang
(proper noun) a Chinese surname

Cross-References

Antonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
827th most common 217.2 per million
Movie subtitles
454th most common 323.0 per million appears in 79% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
248.7 per million appears in 61% of films
Written text
101.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5FD9

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)