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放

fàng

HSK 3 Character

What 放 means

1. to put
2. to place
3. to release
4. to free
5. to let go
6. to let out
7. to set off (fireworks)

Example sentences

• 放下。
  Put it down.
• 放屁！
  That's bullshit!
• 放弃。
  Quit.
• 放开！
  Disengage!
• 放轻松。
  Take it easy.
• 放弃吧。
  Forget it.

Words starting with 放

• 放心fàng xīnto feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease
• 放弃fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
• 放暑假fàng shǔ jiàto be on summer vacation
• 放松fàng sōngto relax; to slacken; to loosen
• 放大fàng dàto enlarge; to magnify
• 放手fàng shǒuto let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand
• 放射fàng shèto radiate; radioactive
• 放下fàng xiàto lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside…
• 放学fàng xuéto dismiss students at the end of the school day
• 放开fàng kāito let go; to release
• 放过fàng guòto let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth
• 放进fàng jìnto put into
• 放假fàng jiàto have a holiday or vacation
• 放入fàng rùto put in; to insert
• 放出fàng chūto let off; to give out
• 放映fàng yìngto project (an image onto a screen); to show (a movie, slide etc)
• 放置fàng zhìto put
• 放纵fàng zòngto indulge; to pamper; to connive at
• 放肆fàng sìwanton; unbridled; presumptuous
• 放慢fàng mànto reduce the pace (of movements, steps etc)
• 放眼fàng yǎnto survey; to view broadly
• 放屁fàng pìto fart; to break wind; to talk nonsense
• 放火fàng huǒto set on fire; to commit arson; to create a disturbance
• 放宽fàng kuānto relax (a rule); to ease (restrictions); to extend (a time limit)

Words containing 放

• 开放kāi fàngto bloom; to open; to be open (to the public)
• 解放jiě fàngto liberate; to emancipate; liberation
• 播放bō fàngto broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
• 释放shì fàngto release (a prisoner); to set free; to release (energy, gas, resources)…
• 排放pái fàngto arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc)…
• 发放fā fàngto provide; to give; to grant
• 解放军Jiě fàng jūnPeople's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) (abbr. for 中国人民解放军
• 摆放bǎi fàngto set up; to arrange; to lay out
• 存放cún fàngto deposit; to store; to leave in sb's care
• 绽放zhàn fàngto blossom
• 解放后jiě fàng hòuafter liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory)…
• 下放xià fàngto delegate; to decentralize; to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the…
• 投放tóu fàngto input; to throw in; to unload
• 停放tíng fàngto park (a car etc); to moor (a boat etc); to leave sth (in a place)
• 奔放bēn fàngbold and unrestrained; untrammeled
• 堆放duī fàngto pile up; to stack
• 安放ān fàngto lay; to place; to put in a certain place
• 流放liú fàngto exile; to banish; to deport
• 豪放háo fàngbold and unconstrained; powerful and free
• 解放区Jiě fàng QūJiefang, a district of Jiaozuo City 焦作市
• 功放gōng fàngpower amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器
• 解放战争Jiě fàng Zhàn zhēngWar of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛泽东 took…
• 怒放nù fàngin full bloom
• 开放性kāi fàng xìngopenness

Characters built on 方

These share the phonetic component 方 (fāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 房fánghouse; room; branch of an extended family
• 防fángto protect; to defend; to guard against
• 访fǎng(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
• 旁pángone side; other; different
• 妨fángto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm; (what) harm
• 仿fǎngto imitate; to copy
• 纺fǎngto spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric
• 肪fánganimal fat

Characters that look like 放

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 技jìskill
• 迪díto enlighten
• 驶shǐ(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…
• 枚méiclassifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs…
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc