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忙活 (máng huo): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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忙活

忙活 (máng huo): Keep busy / Be occupied with work (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

忙活 consists of 2 characters.

to live; alive; living

Word Info

Pinyinmáng huo

MeaningKeep busy / Be occupied with work

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb

Word忙活

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 忙活.

Words with 忙

帮忙bāng mángHSK 3
匆忙cōng mángHSK 5
急忙jí mángHSK 5
连忙lián mángHSK 5
忙碌máng lùHSK 6
繁忙fán mángHSK 6
赶忙gǎn mángHSK 6
忙乱máng luànHSK 7-9

Words with 活

活动huó dòngHSK 4
活泼huó poHSK 4
生活shēng huóHSK 4
活跃huó yuèHSK 5
灵活líng huóHSK 5
干活儿gàn huó erHSK 5
复活fù huóHSK 6
快活

kuài huo

HSK 6

3.

How to Use 忙活 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 忙活 with other words naturally.

Verb + Objectwith家务

máng忙

huo活

jiā家

wù务

neutral

busy with housework

Adverb + Verb

bái白

máng忙

huo活

informalSpoken

Verb + Complementwith半天

máng忙

huo活

bàn半

tiān天

4.

Example Sentences with 忙活

mā妈

mā妈

zài在

chú厨

fáng房

máng忙

huó活

busy in vain

xiā瞎

máng忙

huo活

informalSpoken

busy for nothing

informal

Spoken

busy for a long time

。

Mom is busy in the kitchen.

wèi为

le了

wán完

chéng成

zhè这

ge个

xiàng项

mù目

，

zhěng整

gè个

tuán团

duì队

yǐ已

jīng经

lián连

xù续

máng忙

huó活

le了

yí一

gè个

yuè月

。

To complete this project, the entire team has been continuously busy for a month.

nǐ你

zuì最

jìn近

zài在

máng忙

huó活

shén什

me么

，

zěn怎

me么

zǒng总

shì是

jiàn见

bú不

dào到

nǐ你

？

What have you been busy with lately? Why is it that I never see you?

tā他

zhěng整

tiān天

máng忙

huó活

gōng工

zuò作

，

hěn很

shǎo少

xiū休

xī息

。

He is busy with work all day and rarely rests.

tā他

bìng并

méi没

yǒu有

zhēn真

zhèng正

máng忙

huó活

，

zhǐ只

shì是

zài在

jiǎ假

zhuāng装

nǔ努

lì力

gōng工

zuò作

ér而

yǐ已

。

He isn't actually busy; he's just pretending to work hard.

suī虽

rán然

tā她

yì一

zhí直

zài在

chú厨

fáng房

máng忙

huó活

，

dàn但

wǎn晚

cān餐

què却

zhǔn准

bèi备

dé得

jǐng井

jǐng井

yǒu有

tiáo条

。

Although she was busy in the kitchen the whole time, the dinner was prepared in perfect order.

wèi为

le了

zhǔn准

bèi备

zhè这

cì次

jù聚

huì会

，

wǒ我

men们

máng忙

huó活

le了

hǎo好

jǐ几

tiān天

。

We have been busy for several days preparing for this gathering.

zhōu周

mò末

wǒ我

dǎ打

suàn算

zài在

jiā家

máng忙

huó活

，

zhěng整

lǐ理

yí一

xià下

shū书

fáng房

hé和

yī衣

guì柜

。

This weekend, I plan to keep busy at home, organizing the study and the wardrobe.