放 (fong3 | fang4) : release; dismiss; put; let off; distribute

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放

fong3

fang4

[1] let go; release; set free
[2] let out; dismiss; take leave
[3] put; place; set; lay aside
[4] let off; set off; send out
[5] distribute; hand out; lend for interest
[6] send into exile; exile; banish
[7] (of flowers) blossom; come into bloom
[8] enlarge; lengthen; let out/down
[9] graze; pasture; put out to feed

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 攴 (#66)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

放

This word has been viewed 22401 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Oct 2013 02:22

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放心 fong3 sam1 fang4 xin1 = to not worry, be at ease

放鬆 fong3 sung1 fang4 song1 = relax; loosen; chill out

放手 fong3 sau2 fang4 shou3 = let go; let go one's hold

放出 fong3 ceot1 fang4 chu1 = let off; give out

放狗 fong3 gau2 = to walk a dog

奔放 ban1 fong3 ben1 fang4 = unrestrained 國

放飛機 fong3 fei1 gei1 = fail to keep an appointment 粵

放工 fong3 gung1 fang4 gong1 = to come off work 粵

放學 fong3 hok6 fang4 xue2 = end school; end lessons

播放 bo3 fong3 bo1 fang4 = to broadcast
See all 147 compounds (CantoDict reports 162 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 17 examples containing 放

我把球放在桌上。國
I put the ball on the table.

我哋幾時擺放聖誕裝飾呀? 粵
When will we put up the Christmas decorations?

中國人嘅姓係放喺前面嘅。粵
Chinese put their surnames to the front.

佢哋放緊紙鷂粵
They're flying kites.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,116269]

如果唔夠小心嘅話，放煙花就好危險粵
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.

中國而家開放過以前粵
China is now more open.
[Lit. China now open [in the sense of trade and culture] surpass before.]

他把好些書存放在我這兒了。國
He has left a number of books with me.

佢存放咗幾本書喺我呢處。粵
He has left a number of books with me.

呢個紙板箱，放喺地下就得㗎喇。粵
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor.
[(No need to do anything else to the box.)]

園主又打發了另一個僕人去，他們也把那人打了，並加以侮辱，放他空手回去。國
And again he (the lord of the vinyard) sent another servant. But they beat him also. They humiliated him, sent him away empty handed. (Luke 20:11)

逢親放假我哋都會出國遊埠粵
We travel overseas whenever there is a holiday.

放膽一腳𨂾過坺泥湴粵
Don't worry, just jump over the puddle of mud.

隻杯放到咁𠍁，因住𢱕落嚟。粵
The cup is placed so close to the edge, be careful or it might just fall off.

你就手下留情放佢哋一馬啦。粵
Show some mercy and let them go.

呢度啱啱線放得雪櫃粵
This place is just nice for a fridge

佢哋好開心噉放緊紙鳶粵
They're happily flying kites.

佢哋好興奮噉放緊紙鳶粵
They're excitedly flying kites.
[Note that 好開心噉 is considerably more common than 好興奮噉. (開心 is used in more situations in Cantonese than the translation "happy".)]

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