HSK 5 · Adjectives

匆忙 cōngmáng “hasty” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 匆忙 means

  1. hasty
  2. hurried

How to say 匆忙

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale匆cōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale忙máng2nd tone, rising

匆忙 in a sentence

  1. 他写得很匆忙。

    Tā xiě de hěn cōngmáng.

    He wrote it in a hurry.

    Sentence #9963253 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她匆忙赶去车站，以免错过火车。

    Tā cōngmáng gǎn qù chēzhàn, yǐmiǎn cuòguò huǒchē.

    She hurried to the station so that she wouldn’t miss the train.

    Sentence #346017 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 您没有必要这么匆忙。

    Nín méiyǒu bìyào zhème cōngmáng.

    There’s no need for you to rush.

    Sentence #789301 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 匆忙 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 匆 (cōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
匆cōnghurried
  • 勿must not · wù
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
The character 忙 (máng) with each of its parts in a different colour
忙mángbusy
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīn
  • 亡death · wáng

Memory aidPicture a heart 忄 that is lost 亡: too busy to think. 亡 (wáng) also gives the sound.

How to write 匆忙

匆 5 strokes · 忙 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

匆忙 (cōngmáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 匆忙 (cōngmáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 匆忙

Words with 忙

忙máng · busy帮忙bāngmáng · to help急忙jímáng · hastily连忙liánmáng · promptly繁忙fánmáng · busy忙碌mánglù · busy

More words: Adjectives

臭chòu · smelly出色chūsè · remarkable初级chūjí · elementary次要cìyào · secondary粗糙cūcāo · rough大方dàfang · generous大型dàxíng · large呆dāi · foolish

FAQs

匆忙 (cōngmáng) means “hasty” or “hurried”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cōngmáng: cōng with a 1st tone, then máng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 匆忙 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type congmang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 匆忙 from the suggestions. Typing congmang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
匆忙 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.