Chinese word dictionary

赶忙

gǎnmáng · to hurry; to hasten; to make haste

Practice word

Word information

Simplified赶忙

Traditional趕忙

Pinyingǎnmáng

Part of speech副

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

赶gǎn

to pursue, to overtake; to hurry; to expel

忙máng

busy, hurried, pressed for time

How to learn 赶忙

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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忙máng

busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush

帮忙bāngmáng

to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn

赶gǎn

to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)

赶紧gǎnjǐn

hurriedly; without delay

赶快gǎnkuài

quickly; at once

赶上gǎnshàng

to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for