忙 (máng) means Busy. Below are 24 of the 50 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
经理现在很 忙 。
Jīnglǐ xiànzài hěn máng.
The manager is very busy right now.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 经理
他瞎 忙 了一天。
Tā xiā máng le yì tiān.
He spent the whole day busy to no purpose.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 瞎
你能帮我一个 忙 吗？
Nǐ néng bāng wǒ yí gè máng ma?
Could you do me a favour?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 帮忙
这个学期我特别 忙 。
Zhège xuéqī wǒ tèbié máng.
I am especially busy this term.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 学期
这是他最 忙 的时期。
Zhè shì tā zuì máng de shíqī.
This is his busiest period.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 时期
他是自愿来帮 忙 的。
Tā shì zìyuàn lái bāngmáng de.
He came to help of his own accord.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 自愿
我很乐意帮这个 忙 。
Wǒ hěn lèyì bāng zhège máng.
I am very happy to help with this.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 乐意
他匆 忙 地跑出了家门。
Tā cōngmáng de pǎo chū le jiā mén.
He hurried out of the house.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 匆忙
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From the graded readers
我爸爸是老师，他很 忙 。
wǒ bàba shì lǎoshī, tā hěn máng.
My dad is a teacher and he's very busy.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
我妈妈是医生，她的工作也很 忙 。
wǒ māma shì yīshēng, tā de / dì gōngzuò yě hěn máng.
My mum is a doctor and her job is busy too.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
毕业以后工作 忙 ，就更没有时间了。
bìyè yǐhòu gōngzuò máng, jiù gèng / gēng méiyǒu shíjiān le / liǎo / liào.
After graduating, work was busy and there was even less time.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
我说：“工作很 忙 ，可是我很喜欢。”
wǒ shuō:" gōngzuò hěn máng, kěshì wǒ hěn xǐhuan."
I said, "Work is busy, but I like it."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
同事让我帮 忙 ，我答应；朋友借钱，我答应；周末有活动，我也答应。
tóngshì ràng wǒ bāngmáng, wǒ dāying; péngyou jiè qián, wǒ dāying; zhōumò yǒu huódòng, wǒ yě dāying.
A colleague asked for help, I agreed; a friend wanted to borrow money, I agreed; something was on at the weekend, I agreed to that too.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
From the travel phrasebook
忙 appears in 50 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 忙
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 忙
How is 忙 used in a sentence?
This page shows 50 sentences using 忙 (máng, "Busy"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 忙 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 忙 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 忙 an HSK word?
Yes — 忙 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 忙?
The dictionary page for 忙 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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