I am not busy.
不忙
(polite formula) there's no hurry; take your time
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Meaning and common use
(polite formula) there's no hurry; take your time
How 不忙 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 不忙 appears in 12 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I'm not busy either.
Are you busy?
Words that keep company with 不忙.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 不忙.
Directly before
- 忙不忙4
- 你不忙2
- 也不忙2
- 我不忙2
- 他不忙1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 不忙
What does 不忙 mean in Chinese?
不忙 (bùmáng) means (polite formula) there's no hurry; take your time.
How do you pronounce 不忙?
不忙 is pronounced bùmáng.
Is 不忙 an HSK word?
不忙 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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