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
忙活
mánghuo
to busy oneself; to bustle about
Characters in this word
活 huó
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 为了把展台按时搭好，工作人员从清晨一直忙活到深夜。 Wèile bǎ zhǎntái ànshí dāhǎo, gōngzuò rényuán cóng qīngchén yìzhí mánghuo dào shēnyè. To get the exhibition stand set up on time, the staff kept busy from early morning until late at night.
- 妈妈在厨房里忙活了一下午，做了一桌好菜。 Māma zài chúfáng lǐ mánghuo le yí xiàwǔ, zuò le yì zhuō hǎo cài. Mum bustled around the kitchen all afternoon and made a table full of good food.
- 大家忙活了半天，才把新家收拾干净。 Dàjiā mánghuo le bàntiān, cái bǎ xīn jiā shōushi gānjìng. It took everyone a good while of bustling about before the new home was tidy.