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Bustling in Chinese

bustling · HSK 4

热闹 rè nao

  1. 热 rè hot
  2. 闹 nào noisy

晚上的街上很热闹。 The streets are very lively at night.

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How do you say bustling in Chinese?

Bustling in Chinese is 热闹 (rè nao). You can also say 闹 (nào), 忙碌 (máng lù), 繁忙 (fán máng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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