Chinese Word: 放 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

放HSK 3

Pinyin: fàng

English Definition: to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)

Chinese Definition:
①解脱约束，得到自由：把笼子里的鸟放了。放胆。放诞。放任。放肆。放歌。放怀。豪放。释放。
②散(sàn)：放工。放假。放学。放晴(阴雨后转晴)。
③带牲畜到野外去吃草：放牧。放羊(亦喻任其自由行动，放手不管，含贬义)。
④驱逐到远方去：放逐。放黜。流放。
⑤到基层去：放官(古时指任命为外地官员)。下放。
⑥发出：放电。放毒。放光。发放。
⑦借钱给别人，收取利息：放债。放贷。
⑧扩展：放大。放宽。
⑨花开：百花齐放。心花怒放。
⑩搁、置：这件事情不要紧，先放一放。存放。放弃。放心。放置。
⑾至：放乎四海。摩顶放踵。
⑿搁置捉拿。

Antonyms: 收抓录捉

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 攵

Pictophonetic: 方 indicates the sound; 攵 (let go) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 方 [ fāng ] square, rectangle; side; region; flag
- 攵 [ pū ] to rap, to tap; script; to let go

Similar Characters: 攽

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Example Words

开放	kāi fàng	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	HSK 5
解放	jiě fàng	to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949; Classifiers: 次	HSK 6
放心	fàng xīn	to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease	HSK 3
放弃	fàng qì	to renounce; to abandon; to give up	HSK 4
改革开放	gǎi gé kāi fàng	to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980	HSK 5

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Example Sentences

1		tā men 他们 xué xiào 学校 xià wǔ 下午 diǎn 5点 fàng xué 放学。 Their school closes at five p. m.
2		nǐ 你 wèi shén 为什 me 么 fàng qì 放弃 le 了 zhè 这 me 么 hǎo 好 de 的 yí gè 一个 gōng zuò 工作？ Why did you throw up such a good job?
3		wǒ 我 bǎ 把 zhè gè 这个 fàng 放 shàng 上 lái 来， yīn wèi 因为 wǒ 我 hěn 很 xǐ huān 喜欢 zhè gè 这个 I just put this in because I like it.
4		wǒ 我 de 的 yì sī 意思 shì 是， nǐ 你 zhǐ 只 shì 是 zuò 坐 zài 在 nà lǐ 那里， kàn kàn 看看 tā 它 ne 呢， hái shì 还是 yòng 用 tā 它 gàn 干 diǎn 点 shén 什 me 么， rán hòu 然后 zài 再 fàng 放 tā 它 zǒu 走 ne 呢？ I mean, do you just sit there and look at it, or do you do something with it and let it go?
5		wǒ men 我们 dōu 都 wàng 望 xiàng 向 tā 他 páng biān 旁边 fàng 放 zhe 着 de 的 nà 那 zhāng 张 bào zhǐ 报纸。 We both looked down at the newspaper beside him.

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1		tā men 他们 xué xiào 学校 xià wǔ 下午 diǎn 5点 fàng xué 放学。 Their school closes at five p. m.
2		nǐ 你 wèi shén 为什 me 么 fàng qì 放弃 le 了 zhè 这 me 么 hǎo 好 de 的 yí gè 一个 gōng zuò 工作？ Why did you throw up such a good job?
3		wǒ 我 bǎ 把 zhè gè 这个 fàng 放 shàng 上 lái 来， yīn wèi 因为 wǒ 我 hěn 很 xǐ huān 喜欢 zhè gè 这个 I just put this in because I like it.
4		wǒ 我 de 的 yì sī 意思 shì 是， nǐ 你 zhǐ 只 shì 是 zuò 坐 zài 在 nà lǐ 那里， kàn kàn 看看 tā 它 ne 呢， hái shì 还是 yòng 用 tā 它 gàn 干 diǎn 点 shén 什 me 么， rán hòu 然后 zài 再 fàng 放 tā 它 zǒu 走 ne 呢？ I mean, do you just sit there and look at it, or do you do something with it and let it go?
5		wǒ men 我们 dōu 都 wàng 望 xiàng 向 tā 他 páng biān 旁边 fàng 放 zhe 着 de 的 nà 那 zhāng 张 bào zhǐ 报纸。 We both looked down at the newspaper beside him.

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