忙碌

Chinese

		busy	laborious; small stone; to record laborious; small stone; to record; to tape; to write down; to hire; to employ
trad. (忙碌)		忙	碌
simp. #(忙碌)		忙	碌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mánglù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ luk¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bâng-lio̍k / bâng-lo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mang⁵ log⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mánglù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mánglù
    • Wade–Giles: mang²-lu⁴
    • Yale: máng-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangluh
    • Palladius: манлу (manlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴ luk¹
    • Yale: mòhng lūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ luk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ lug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ lʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâng-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bâng-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bangliok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ²⁴⁻²² liɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ¹³⁻²² liɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ²⁴⁻²² liɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâng-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bâng-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: banglok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /baŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mang⁵ log⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâng lo̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lok̚⁴/

Adjective

忙碌

1. busy; bustling

Synonyms

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• 冗忙 (rǒngmáng) (literary)
• 刺促 (literary)
• 忙 (máng)
• 忙忙 (mángmáng) (literary)
• 煩忙／烦忙 (fánmáng) (literary)
• 繁忙 (fánmáng)

 

Antonyms

• 空閒／空闲 (kòngxián)
• 悠閒／悠闲 (yōuxián)

Verb

忙碌

1. to be busy (with something)

   一番忙碌  ―  yīfān mánglù  ―  one time of busyness

   忙碌能使她忘掉一切。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Mánglù néng shǐ tā wàngdiào yīqiè. [Pinyin]

   Being busy helps her forget everything.

Synonyms

• 忙 (máng)