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放 fàng — to put, to place, to set down

fàng (fourth tone, falling)fang4

to put, to place, to set down

HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 3· Three-band, nine-level standardverb
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Meanings

  1. to put, to place, to set down

    Putting an object somewhere. Chinese wants the destination said: 放 almost always carries 在 plus a place after it — 放在桌子上, 放在冰箱里 — because putting something down without saying where leaves the sentence unfinished.

    verb

  2. to let out, to finish (school, work)

    verb

Character breakdown

  • 放
    fàng (fourth tone, falling)

    to put, to place, to lay down; to let go, to release, to set free; to let out, to give a holiday

    8 strokes⿰方攵Radical 攴

Example sentences

  • 请把书放在桌子上。請把書放在桌子上。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) bǎ (third tone, dipping) shū (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) zhuōzi (first tone, high and level) shang. (neutral tone)···

    Please put the book on the table.

  • 我们下午五点放学。我們下午五點放學。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) xiàwǔ (fourth tone, falling) wǔ (third tone, dipping) diǎn (third tone, dipping) fàngxué. (fourth tone, falling)···

    School finishes at five in the afternoon.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我把书放。

    Correct我把书放在桌子上。

    A 把 sentence must report an outcome, and 放 has none until the place is named. 放在桌子上, 放好, 放进包里 — any of these finishes the sentence; a bare 放 does not.

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