| 1 | 放 | 放 | fàng | fang4 | to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks) | | |
| 2 | 解放 | 解放 | jiě fàng | jie3 fang4 | to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949; Classifiers: 次 | | |
| 3 | 开放 | 開放 | kāi fàng | kai1 fang4 | to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality | | |
| 4 | 放下 | 放下 | fàng xià | fang4 xia4 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | | |
| 5 | 放心 | 放心 | fàng xīn | fang4 xin1 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | | |
| 6 | 放出 | 放出 | fàng chū | fang4 chu1 | to let off; to give out | | |
| 7 | 释放 | 釋放 | shì fàng | shi4 fang4 | to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge | | |
| 8 | 放弃 | 放棄 | fàng qì | fang4 qi4 | to release breath; to deflate; to fart; to renounce; to abandon; to give up | | |
| 9 | 解放军 | 解放軍 | jiě fàng jūn | Jie3 fang4 jun1 | People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) | | |
| 10 | 放大 | 放大 | fàng dà | fang4 da4 | to enlarge; to magnify | | |
| 11 | 放在 | 放在 | fàng zài | fang4 zai4 | place in, on, at | | |
| 12 | 解放后 | 解放後 | jiě fàng hòu | jie3 fang4 hou4 | after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory); after the establishment of PRC in 1949 | | |
| 13 | 放射 | 放射 | fàng shè | fang4 she4 | to radiate; radioactive | | |
| 14 | 改革开放 | 改革開放 | gǎi gé kāi fàng | gai3 ge2 kai1 fang4 | to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 | | |
| 15 | 解放区 | 解放區 | jiě fàng qū | Jie3 fang4 qu1 | Liberation city district; Jiefang district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市 , Henan | | |
| 16 | 放松 | 放鬆 | fàng sōng | fang4 song1 | to loosen; to relax | | |
| 17 | 放射性 | 放射性 | fàng shè xìng | fang4 she4 xing4 | radioactive | | |
| 18 | 放开 | 放開 | fàng kāi | fang4 kai1 | to let go; to release | | |
| 19 | 放进 | 放進 | fàng jìn | fang4 jin4 | to put into | | |
| 20 | 排放 | 排放 | pái fàng | pai2 fang4 | emission; discharge; exhaust (gas etc) | | |
| 21 | 发放 | 發放 | fā fàng | fa1 fang4 | to provide; to give; to grant | | |
| 22 | 放过 | 放過 | fàng guò | fang4 guo4 | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth | | |
| 23 | 播放 | 播放 | bō fàng | bo1 fang4 | to broadcast; to transmit | | |
| 24 | 放置 | 放置 | fàng zhì | fang4 zhi4 | to put | | |
| 25 | 投放 | 投放 | tóu fàng | tou2 fang4 | to input; to throw in; to unload; to put into circulation | | |