忙 — busy; hurriedly; to hurry
busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
- Pinyin
- máng
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 忙: 6 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 忙 in the HSK syllabus: 11
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 忙mángbusy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rushHSK 1
- 帮忙bāngmángto help; to lend a hand; to do a favorHSK 2
- 急忙jímánghastilyHSK 5
- 连忙liánmángpromptly; at onceHSK 5
- 忙碌mánglùbusy; bustlingHSK 5
- 匆忙cōngmánghasty; hurriedHSK 6
- 繁忙fánmángbusy; bustlingHSK 6
- 赶忙gǎnmángto hurry; to hasten; to make hasteHSK 6
- 慌忙huāngmángin a great rush; in a flurryHSK 7–9
- 忙活mánghuoto be really busy; pressing businessHSK 7–9
- 忙乱mángluànrushed and muddledHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.