máng = m + ang2
busy / hurriedly / to hurry / to rush
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How to pronounce 忙

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ang2 final

In the anglepod’s kitchen.

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忙 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
wáng = w + ang2
to die / to lose / to be gone / to flee / deceased
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wáng = w + ang2
old variant of 亡[wang2]
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xīn = xi + (e)n1
Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element
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Characters with 忙 as component

忙 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 忙

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to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn
hasty / hurried
busy / bustling

Sentences with 忙

bié
máng
jiào
 
 
zhè
ma

Want to remember 忙 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

máng

busy / hurriedly / to hurry / to rush

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