HSK 5 · Function Words

急忙 jímáng “hastily” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 急忙 means

  1. hastily

How to say 急忙

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale急jí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale忙máng2nd tone, rising

急忙 in a sentence

  1. 他急忙出了办公室。

    Tā jímáng chū le bàngōngshì.

    He hurried out of the office.

    Sentence #816478 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他还没有把情况了解清楚就急忙发表意见。

    Tā hái méiyǒu bǎ qíngkuàng liǎojiě qīngchu jiù jímáng fābiǎo yìjiàn.

    He rushed to give his opinion before he properly understood the situation.

    Sentence #3538029 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 玛丽急忙赶到医院。

    Mǎlì jímáng gǎndào yīyuàn.

    Mary hurried to the hospital.

    Sentence #834986 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 急忙 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 急 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
急jíurgent
  • 刍to mow · chúSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 刍 (chú) hints at the sound. Compare it with jí.

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 急忙

急 9 strokes · 忙 6 strokes

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

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FAQs

急忙 (jímáng) means “hastily”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jímáng: jí 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. 急忙 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jimang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 急忙 from the suggestions. Typing jimang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
急忙 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.