匆 (cōng): hurried, hasty
匆 (cōng) is a Chinese character meaning “hurried.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 勿 (structural) and 丶 (structural). It ranks #1611 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- hurried
- hasty
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 匆
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 急匆匆 | jí cōng cōng | hurried |
| 行色匆匆 | xíng sè cōng cōng | hurried |
| 匆促 | cōng cù | hastily |
| 匆猝 | cōng cù | hurried |
| 匆遽 | cōng jù | hurried |
| 匆卒 | cōng cù | old variant of 匆猝[cong1 cu4] |
匆 appears in 8 compound words: 75 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 匆 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了匆字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le cōng zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "匆" in the dictionary.
你怎么这么匆匆忙忙的？
Nǐ zěnme zhème cōngcōng máng máng de?
Why are you in such a hurry?
她那么匆匆忙忙的，你不觉得很奇怪吗？
Tā nàme cōngcōng máng máng de, nǐ bù juéde hěn qíguài ma?
Don't you think it odd that she was in such a hurry?
我匆匆忙忙，为的是能赶上第一班火车。
Wǒ cōngcōng-mángmáng, wèi de shì néng gǎnshàng dì-yī bān huǒchē.
I hurried in order to catch the first train.
她匆忙赶去车站，以免错过火车。
Tā cōngmáng gǎn qù chēzhàn, yǐmiǎn cuòguò huǒchē.
She hurried to the station so that she wouldn't miss the train.
这本书是匆匆忙忙地写的，所以有很多谬误。
Zhè běn shū shì cōngcōng-mángmáng de xiě de, suǒyǐ yǒu hěn duō miùwù.
Having been written in haste, the book has a lot of errors.
您没有必要这么匆忙。
Nín méiyǒu bìyào zhème cōngmáng.
There is no need for you to rush.
我匆忙地吃了午饭。
Wǒ cōngmáng de chī le wǔfàn.
I ate lunch in a hurry.
以前，我散步的时候感觉有点匆忙。
Yǐqián, wǒ sànbù de shíhou gǎnjué yǒudiǎn cōngmáng.
While walking, I used to feel somewhat in a hurry.
安今天早上很匆忙。
ān jīntiān zǎoshang hěn cōngmáng.
Ann was in a hurry this morning.
Character Family
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