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放
fàng
1.
to release
2.
to free
3.
to let go
4.
to put
5.
to place
6.
to let out
7.
to set off (fireworks)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
下放
xiàfàng
to delegate
倒放
dàofàng
to turn upside down
停放
tíngfàng
to park (a car etc)
回放
huífàng
to replay
堆放
duīfàng
to pile up
外放
wàifàng
extroverted
多放
duōfàng
add extra (of a spice etc)
奔放
bēnfàng
bold and unrestrained
存放
cúnfàng
to deposit
安放
ānfàng
to lay
寄放
jìfàng
left in care
少放
shǎofàng
to add less (of a spice etc)
怒放
nùfàng
in full bloom
投放
tóufàng
to input
拖放
tuōfàng
drag-and-drop (computing)
排放
páifàng
emission
播放
bōfàng
to broadcast
摆放
bǎifàng
to set up
放下
fàngxià
to lay down
放任
fàngrèn
to ignore
Example Sentences (10)
女儿下个星期就要放寒假了，到时候咱们带她去旅游，放松放松，怎么样？
Nǚ'ér xià gè xīngqī jiù yào fàng hánjià le, dào shíhou zánmen dài tā qù lǚyóu, fàngsōng fàngsōng, zěnme yàng?
Our daughter will be on winter break next week. Then let's take her on a trip to relax a bit. How about it?
Text 2
桌子上放着很多饮料，你喝什么？
Zhuōzi shàng fàngzhe hěn duō yǐnliào, nǐ hē shénme?
There are many drinks on the table. What do you want to drink?
Text 4
这是明天你出差要带的毛巾、牙膏和牙刷，把它们放到箱子里吧。
Zhè shì Míngtiān nǐ chūchāi yào dài de Máojīn, Yágāo hé Yáshuā, bǎ tāmen fàngdào Xiāngzi lǐ ba.
These are the towel, toothpaste, and toothbrush you need to bring for your business trip tomorrow. Put them in the suitcase.
Text 1
对外国人来说，使用筷子吃饭并不容易，所以，国外的一些中国餐厅在放筷子的纸袋上会提供使用筷子的详细说明。
Duì wàiguórén láishuō, shǐyòng kuàizi chīfàn bìng bù róngyì, suǒyǐ, guówài de yìxiē zhōngguó cāntīng zài fàng kuàizi de zhǐdài shàng huì tígōng shǐyòng kuàizi de xiángxì shuōmíng.
For foreigners, using chopsticks to eat is not easy, so some Chinese restaurants abroad provide detailed instructions for using chopsticks on the paper bags that hold the chopsticks.
Text 4
其实做水果饭很简单，先把米饭做好，然后再把一块块新鲜的水果放进去，水果饭就做好了。
Qíshí zuò shuǐguǒ fàn hěn jiǎndān, xiān bǎ mǐfàn zuò hǎo, ránhòu zài bǎ yí kuài kuài xīnxiān de shuǐguǒ fàng jìnqù, shuǐguǒ fàn jiù zuò hǎo le.
Actually, making fruit rice is very simple. First cook the rice, then put pieces of fresh fruit in, and the fruit rice is done.
Text 4
那我帮你把衣服放到行李箱里吧。什么时候回来？
Nà wǒ bāng nǐ bǎ yīfu fàng dào xínglǐxiāng lǐ ba. Shénme shíhou huílai?
Then I'll help you put the clothes into the suitcase. When will you come back?
Text 2
放盐？！盐不是用来做饭的吗？难道它还能让衣服不掉颜色？
Fàng yán?! Yán bú shì yònglái zuòfàn de ma? Nándào tā háinéng ràng yīfu bú diào yánsè?
Add salt?! Isn't salt used for cooking? Could it also keep clothes from fading?
Text 2
我们应该把注意力放在做事情的过程上，这样你会在做的过程中发现解决问题的快乐，这是其他任何东西都给不了的。
Wǒmen yīnggāi bǎ zhùyìlì fàngzài zuò shìqíng de guòchéng shàng, zhèyàng nǐ huì zài zuò de guòchéng zhōng fāxiàn jiějué wèntí de kuàilè, zhè shì qítā rènhé dōngxi dōu gěi bùliǎo de.
We should focus our attention on the process of doing things; that way you will find the joy of solving problems as you do; this is something nothing else can give.
Text 4
你去房间找找，是不是刚才放在桌子上了？
Nǐ qù fángjiān zhǎo zhao, shì bù shì gāngcái fàng zài zhuōzi shàng le?
Go check the room. Did you just put it on the table?
Text 1
我看你还是把重要的东西放在我这儿吧。
Wǒ kàn nǐ háishi bǎ zhòngyào de dōngxi fàng zài wǒ zhèr ba.
I think you'd better leave the important things with me.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 290
- Word Frequency Rank
- 193 of 84,292