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  fong3   jyutping
  fang4   pinyin
[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

verb
Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: (#66)

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

This word has been viewed 20377 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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detail  fong3 sam1  fang4 xin1 = to not worry, be at ease
detail  fong3 sung1  fang4 song1 = relax; loosen; chill out
detail  fong3 sau2  fang4 shou3 = let go; let go one's hold
detail  fong3 ceot1  fang4 chu1 = let off; give out
detail  fong3 gau2   = to walk a dog
detail  ban1 fong3  ben1 fang4 = unrestrained
detail  fong3 fei1 gei1   = fail to keep an appointment
detail  fong3 gung1  fang4 gong1 = to come off work
detail  fong3 hok6  fang4 xue2 = end school; end lessons
detail  bo3 fong3  bo1 fang4 = to broadcast
See all 147 compounds (CantoDict reports 162 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 17 examples containing 放
detail 放在
I put the ball on the table.
detail audio 我哋幾時擺放聖誕裝飾?
When will we put up the Christmas decorations?
detail audio 中國人前面
Chinese put their surnames to the front.
detail 佢哋紙鷂
They're flying kites.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,116269]
detail 如果唔夠小心嘅話煙花危險
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.
detail 中國而家開放以前
China is now more open.
[Lit. China now open [in the sense of trade and culture] surpass before.]
detail 好些存放這兒
He has left a number of books with me.
detail audio 存放呢處
He has left a number of books with me.
detail 呢個紙板箱地下就得㗎喇
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor.
[(No need to do anything else to the box.)]
detail 打發另一僕人他們也把加以侮辱空手回去
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)
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