Sentence #425424 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 繁忙 is built
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繁fáncomplicated
敏fast · mǐnSound part
糸silk · mìMeaning part
糸 hints at the meaning (silk); 敏 (mǐn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fán.
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 繁忙
繁 17 strokes · 忙 6 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 繁忙 (fánmáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
繁忙 (fánmáng) means “busy” or “hectic”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fánmáng: fán with a 2nd 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. 繁忙 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fanmang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 繁忙 from the suggestions. Typing fanmang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
繁忙 is an HSK 6 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.
繁fán2nd tone, rising
