繁 fán
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 敏 fast, quick 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
繁忙
fánmáng
busy
Characters in this word
忙 máng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 亡 death, destruction
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 城市中心的交通在节假日前夕格外繁忙。 Chéngshì zhōngxīn de jiāotōng zài jiéjiàrì qiánxī géwài fánmáng. Traffic in the city centre is especially busy on the eve of public holidays.
- 医生们每天都很繁忙，常常没有时间吃午饭。 Yīshēngmen měitiān dōu hěn fánmáng, chángcháng méiyǒu shíjiān chī wǔfàn. Doctors are very busy every day and often have no time for lunch.
- 这条繁忙的街上有很多店，白天总是挤满了人。 Zhè tiáo fánmáng de jiē shang yǒu hěn duō diàn, báitiān zǒngshì jǐmǎn le rén. This busy street has many shops and is always packed with people during the day.
Related words
- 繁荣 fánróng prosperous; thriving
- 频繁 pínfán frequent
- 繁殖 fánzhí to breed, to reproduce
- 繁多 fánduō numerous and varied
- 繁华 fánhuá prosperous; bustling
- 繁体字 fántǐzì traditional Chinese characters
- 繁衍 fányǎn to reproduce; to propagate
- 繁杂 fánzá numerous and complicated
- 繁重 fánzhòng heavy; burdensome
- 帮忙 bāngmáng to help, to do a favor
- 忙 máng busy
- 连忙 liánmáng hurriedly