HSK 5 · Function Words

连忙 liánmáng “promptly” in Chinese

Traditional 連忙

What 连忙 means

  1. promptly
  2. at once

How to say 连忙

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale连lián2nd 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

连忙 in a sentence

  1. 看见老人上车，他连忙站起来让座。

    Kànjiàn lǎorén shàngchē, tā liánmáng zhàn qǐlai ràngzuò.

    When he saw an elderly person get on, he quickly stood up to offer his seat.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 听到电话响，她连忙跑过去接。

    Tīngdào diànhuà xiǎng, tā liánmáng pǎo guòqu jiē.

    When she heard the phone ring, she hurried over to answer it.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 连忙 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 连 (lián) with each of its parts in a different colour
连liánto link
  • 车cart · chē
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò
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 连忙

连 7 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.

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

Words related to 连忙

Words with 连

连lián · even (连…都/也)连续liánxù · continuous连年liánnián · for years in a row连锁liánsuǒ · chain (store etc.)接连jiēlián · in succession连同liántóng · together with

Words with 忙

忙máng · busy帮忙bāngmáng · to help匆忙cōngmáng · hasty急忙jímáng · hastily繁忙fánmáng · busy忙碌mánglù · busy

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颗kē · measure word for small round things (a pearl可见kějiàn · it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)劳驾láojià · excuse me厘米límǐ · centimetre临时línshí · temporary陆续lùxù · in turn某mǒu · some难免nánmiǎn · hard to avoid

FAQs

连忙 (liánmáng) means “promptly” or “at once”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it liánmáng: lián 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 连忙 is written 連忙. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lianmang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 连忙 from the suggestions. Typing lianmang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
连忙 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.