Definitions

cōng (adjective) hurried; hasty

Etymology

Variant form of /, which depicts a line piercing an object. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

About

The character "匆", meaning haste or hurry, originated from its traditional form "怱", which etymologically combines the element for "heart" with a component representing a window, suggesting a mental state of agitated movement or rushed thought. This structural composition underscores the link between internal impulse and external speed, and while the graphical form was later simplified to "匆" through a process of reduction that omitted the heart radical, the core semantic concept of urgency has remained consistently central to its use throughout the character's historical development.

Example Sentences Hide

地走了。

Tā cōngcōng de zǒu le.

He left in a hurry.

时间流逝。

Shíjiān cōngcōng liúshì.

Time passes quickly.

忙地吃了早饭。

Tā cōngmáng de chī le zǎofàn.

She ate breakfast in a hurry.

看了一眼。

Wǒ cōngcōng kàn le yī yǎn.

I took a quick glance.

忙中忘了带钥匙。

Tā cōngmáng zhōng wàng le dài yàoshi.

He forgot to bring his keys in his hurry.

忙忙的一天过去了。

Cōngcōngmángmáng de yī tiān guò qù le.

A hurried day has passed.

写下几句话就离开了。

Tā cōngcōng xiě xià jǐ jù huà jiù líkāi le.

She hastily wrote down a few words and then left.

忙的生活中,我们常常忽略细节。

Zài cōngmáng de shēnghuó zhōng, wǒmen chángcháng hūlüè xìjié.

In our hurried lives, we often overlook details.