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

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

busy; bustling

Synonyms

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

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)