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释放

shì fàng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 釋放

释放 (shì fàng) means "to release". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 释放 means

1. to release (a prisoner); to set free
2. to release (energy, gas, resources); to express (emotions, goodwill, intentions)

The characters in 释放

• 释shìto explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼
• 放fàngto put; to place; to release

Example sentences

• 释放我！
  Set me free!
• 她会被释放。
  She'll be released.
• 你怎么释放压力？
  Nǐ zěnme shìfàng yālì?
  How do you relieve stress?
• 林肯释放了奴隶。
  Lincoln set the slaves free.
• 他们释放了犯人。
  They freed the prisoner.
• 你怎幺释放压力？
  How do you relieve stress?

Words starting with 释放

• 释放出狱shì fàng chū yùto release from jail

Words containing 释放

• 交保释放jiāo bǎo shì fàngto release sb on bail
• 取保释放qǔ bǎo shì fàngto be released on bail (law)

Where 释放 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shì (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì fàng correctly.
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