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Meaning of 放

Pinyin fàng

Radical

攵

Strokes

Definition

to release / to free / to let go / to put / to place / to let out

Usage

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放 [fàng] 1. 解脱约束，得到自由。 - To free oneself from constraints and gain freedom. - Example: 把笼子里的鸟～了。 (The bird in the cage has been released.) 2. 散 (sàn). - To disperse or scatter. - Example: ～工。 (Dismiss work.) 3. 带牲畜到野外去吃草。 - To take livestock to the fields to graze. - Example: ～牧。 (To graze livestock.) 4. 驱逐到远方去。 - To banish or expel to a distant place. - Example: ～黜。 (To expel.) 5. 到基层去。 - To go to the grassroots level. - Example: ～官 (In ancient times, it referred to being appointed to local official posts). 6. 发出。 - To emit or send out. - Example: ～电。 (To emit electricity.) 7. 借钱给别人，收取利息。 - To lend money to others and charge interest. - Example: ～债。 (To lend money.) 8. 扩展。 - To expand or extend. - Example: ～大。 (To expand in size.) 9. 花开。 - Flowers bloom. - Example: 百花齐～。 (All flowers bloom together.) 10. 搁、置。 - To place or set aside. - Example: 这件事情不要紧，先～一～。(This matter isn’t urgent; let’s set it aside for now.) 11. 至。 - To reach or arrive at. - Example: ～乎四海。 (To reach all corners of the world.) --- Other meanings and detailed interpretations: 1. (En.) Banish. - Example: 放逐。 (To banish.) 2. (En.) Abandon; dispose of. - Example: 放丢。 (To throw away.) 3. (En.) Free; release. - Example: 放休。 (To release from duty; to free.) 4. (En.) Exempt from. - Example: 放税。 (To be exempted from taxes.) 5. (En.) Let oneself go; indulge. - Example: 放纵。 (To be indulgent.) 6. (En.) Do; act. - Example: 放坏事。 (To do bad deeds.) 7. (En.) Provide; grant. - Example: 放赏。 (To grant rewards.) 8. (En.) Put; place; dispose of. - Example: 放上。 (To place on.) 9. (En.) Appoint. - Example: 放缺。 (To appoint to an official position.) 10. (En.) Unpen. - Example: 放牛。 (To release cattle.) 11. (En.) Behave. - Example: 放尊重些。 (Behave with more respect.) 12. (En.) Show film. - Example: 放电影。 (To show a movie.) 13. (En.) Let out; expand. - Example: 腰身放肥一点。 (Let the waistline out a bit.) 14. (En.) Leave alone. - Example: 这个问题得放几天再说。 (Let this issue sit for a few days before discussing it again.) 15. (En.) Put in; add. - Example: 放点水。 (Add some water.) 16. (En.) Readjust one's speed, attitude, etc. - Example: 放慢速度。 (Slow down.) 17. (En.) Blossom; open. - Example: 花开花放。 (Flowers bloom and open.) 18. (En.) Lift; stretch. - Example: 放眉。 (Lift eyebrows.) 19. (En.) Side by side with ships. - Example: 放舟并行。 (Sail side by side.) 20. (En.) Emit; discharge. - Example: 放光。 (Emit light.) 21. (En.) Fire (as in fireworks). - Example: 放烟花。 (To shoot fireworks.) 22. (En.) Stop (learning or work). - Example: 放寒假。 (Winter break.) 23. (En.) Block; obstruct. - Example: 放妨。 (Hinder or obstruct.) 24. (En.) Simulate; imitate. - Example: 放效。 (To simulate.) 25. (En.) Similar; resemble. - Example: 相似。 (To be similar.) 26. (En.) Just the time for; just when. - Example: 放于利而行多怨。 (Just when one should act for profit, it leads to many grievances.) The word "放" encapsulates a wide range of meanings from physical actions of release and letting go, to abstract concepts such as indulgence and exemption. Each usage context contributes to the richness of its meanings in the Chinese language.

放哨 fàng shào

to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol

放在 fàng zài

put (something) in a certain position

堆放 duī fàng

to pile up / to stack

奔放 bēn fàng

bold and unrestrained / untrammeled

放牛娃 fàng niú wá

child cowherd

存放 cún fàng

to deposit / to store / to leave in sb's care

放宽 fàng kuān

to relax restrictions

对外开放 duì wài kāi fàng

open-door to the outside world / opening to the outside world

放射性 fàng shè xìng

radioactive

放射 fàng shè

to radiate / radioactive

放屁 fàng pì

to fart / to break wind / to talk nonsense / Utter rubbish!

放下屠刀 fàng xià tú dāo

drop the butcher's knife -- to reform an evildoer into a good person

放弃 fàng qì

to renounce / to abandon / to give up

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

放刁 fàng diāo

to act wickedly / to bully / to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions

放心 fàng xīn

to feel relieved / to feel reassured / to be at ease

心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng

to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated

解放思想 jiě fàng sī xiǎng

free our mind / emancipate one's mind

放慢 fàng màn

delay / slow

投放 tóu fàng

to input / to throw in / to unload / to put into circulation

排放 pái fàng

emission / discharge / exhaust (gas etc)

放手一搏 fàng shǒu yī bó

to put one's all into the fight

放入 fàng rù

put in

放养 fàng yǎng

to breed (livestock, fish, crops etc) / to grow / to raise

摆放 bǎi fàng

to set up / to arrange / to lay out

播放 bō fàng

to broadcast / to transmit

播放器 bō fàng qì

player

解放 jiě fàng

to liberate / to emancipate / liberation / refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 / CL:次[ci4]

发放 fā fàng

to provide / to give / to grant

释放 shì fàng

to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge

放到 fàng dào

Put to

放松 fàng sōng

to loosen / to relax

放开 fàng kāi

to let go / to release

放下 fàng xià

to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)

放大 fàng dà

to enlarge / to magnify

放出 fàng chū

to let off / to give out

放手 fàng shǒu

to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand

放声 fàng shēng

very loudly / at the top of one's voice

施放 shī fàng

to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)

放映 fàng yìng

to show (a movie) / to screen

放映师 fàng yìng shī

projectionist / projector

放映员 fàng yìng yuán

projectionist

放晴 fàng qíng

(of weather) to clear up

放榜 fàng bǎng

announcement of examination result

停放 tíng fàng

to park (a car etc) / to moor (a boat etc) / to leave sth (in a place)

放债 fàng zhài

to lend money (for interest) / to give credit

放火 fàng huǒ

to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance

放焰口 fàng yàn kǒu

to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)

燃放 rán fàng

to light / to set off (firecrackers etc)

放牧 fàng mù

to graze (livestock) / to herd (livestock)

放疗 fàng liáo

radiation oncology / radiotherapy

放化疗 fàng huà liáo

chemoradiotherapy

放之四海而皆准 fàng zhī sì hǎi ér jiē zhǔn

applicable anywhere (idiom)

有的放矢 yǒu dì fàng shǐ

shoot the arrow at the target -- have a definite object in view / do sth. with a purpose

无的放矢 wú dì fàng shǐ

to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark

码放 mǎ fàng

to pile up / to stack up

死也不放 sǐ yě bù fàng

Never let go

放箭 fàng jiàn

release

粗放 cū fàng

extensive / expansive / large-scale

放纵 fàng zòng

to indulge / to pamper / to connive at / permissive / indulgent / self-indulgent / unrestrained / undisciplined / uncultured / boorish

绽放 zhàn fàng

to blossom

放缓 fàng huǎn

to slow / to slow down (the pace of)

放置 fàng zhì

to put

放荡不羁 fàng dàng bù jī

wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute

狂放不羁 kuáng fàng bù jī

uninhibited / unruly / profligate and unrestrained / behave unbridledly / with abandon

豪放不羁 háo fàng bù jī

being vigorous and unrestrained / bold and unconstrained / bold and uninhibited / (of literature style) romantic and uncontrolled

放羊 fàng yáng

to tend a flock of sheep / to let sheep out to pasture / fig. to throw off the reins / to leave sb alone / acting freely and irresponsibly

放肆 fàng sì

wanton / unbridled / presumptuous / impudent

含苞待放 hán bāo dài fàng

in bud / budding

含苞欲放 hán bāo yù fàng

be in bud

放荡 fàng dàng

unconventional / licentious / wanton / easy in one's morals

放线菌 fàng xiàn jūn

actinomycetes / actinomyces / ray fungi

放诞 fàng dàn

untrammeled / reckless / wanton

豪放 háo fàng

bold and unconstrained / powerful and free

放贷 fàng dài

to provide loans

放逐 fàng zhú

to banish / to deport / to send into exile / to be marooned

放长线钓大鱼 fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú

use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns

放大镜 fàng dà jìng

magnifying glass

放浪形骸 fàng làng xíng hái

to abandon all restraint (idiom)

百花齐放 bǎi huā qí fàng

a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression