| 忙碌 | máng lù | busy / bustling |   |
| 繁华 | fán huá | flourishing / bustling | |
| 繁忙 | fán máng | busy / bustling | |
| 热腾腾 | rè téng téng | steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] | |
| 风风火火 | fēng fēng huǒ huǒ | bustling / energetic | |
| 扰攘 | rǎo rǎng | bustling / to create trouble / to disturb | |
| 嘈 |  cáo | bustling / tumultuous / noisy | |
| 事务繁忙 | shì wù fán máng | busy / bustling | |
| 僬僬 | jiāo jiāo | (archaic) clear-minded / (archaic) bustling | |
| 繁闹 | fán nào | bustling | |
| 闹忙 | nào máng | (dialect) bustling / lively | |
| 闹猛 | nào měng | (dialect) bustling / lively | |
| 闹热 | nào rè | (dialect) bustling / lively | |
| 热闹 | rè nao | bustling with noise and excitement / lively | |
| 看热闹 | kàn rè nao | to enjoy watching a bustling scene / to go where the crowds are | |
| 熙熙攘攘 | xī xī rǎng rǎng | bustling with activity (idiom) | |
| 龙腾虎跃 | lóng téng hǔ yuè | lit. dragon soaring and tiger leaping (idiom) / fig. prosperous and bustling / vigorous and active | |
| 十里洋场 | shí lǐ yáng chǎng | the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements / (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city | |
| 客似云来 | kè sì yún lái | (idiom) to be bustling with customers | |
| 万头攒动 | wàn tóu - cuán dòng | (idiom) bustling with many people | |
