# 忙活 (mánghuo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 忙活 (mánghuo) means “to be busy working; to bustle about”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be busy working; to bustle about
- Pinyin: mánghuo (mang2 huo5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 妈妈在厨房忙活了一上午。
  Māma zài chúfáng mánghuo le yī shàngwǔ.
  Mom was busy working in the kitchen all morning.

## Characters

- [忙](https://hanziro.com/word/mang-busy/) (máng): busy
- [活](https://hanziro.com/word/huo-live/) (huó): to live; alive

https://hanziro.com/word/mang-huo-be-busy-working/

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Audio: audio-cmn (CC BY-SA).