放下 fàng xià — to lay down

Meanings

1. 1

   to lay down

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

   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
• 下

  xià (fourth tone, falling)

  below, under, lower; to go down, to get off; to fall (of rain or snow); next (下个月)

  3 strokesRadical 一

Words containing 放

• 放fàng (fourth tone, falling)to put, to place, to set down
• 放弃/放棄fàngqì (fourth tone, falling)to give up, to abandon (a plan, right, opportunity)
• 放心fàngxīn (fourth tone, falling)to set one’s mind at rest, to stop worrying
• 释放/釋放shì (fourth tone, falling) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to release
• 开放/開放kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to bloom
• 放到fàng (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)Put in
• 改革开放/改革開放gǎi (third tone, dipping) gé (second tone, rising) kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to reform and open to the outside world
• 解放jiě (third tone, dipping) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to liberate
• 播放bō (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to broadcast
• 放手fàng (fourth tone, falling) shǒu (third tone, dipping)to let go one's hold
• 放大fàng (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)to enlarge
• 放假fàng (fourth tone, falling) jià (fourth tone, falling)to have a holiday or vacation
• 放过/放過fàng (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to let off
• 发放/發放fā (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to provide
• 放学/放學fàng (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)to dismiss students at the end of the school day
• 放射fàng (fourth tone, falling) shè (fourth tone, falling)to radiate
• 放置fàng (fourth tone, falling) zhì (fourth tone, falling)to put

Words containing 下

• 下xià (fourth tone, falling)under, below, beneath
• 一下yíxià (second tone, rising)a bit, for a moment (softening a request)
• 下来/下來xià (fourth tone, falling) lai (neutral tone)to come down
• 下去xià (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go down
• 下午xiàwǔ (fourth tone, falling)afternoon
• 停下tíng (second tone, rising) xià (fourth tone, falling)to stop
• 留下liú (second tone, rising) xià (fourth tone, falling)to leave behind
• 下面xià (fourth tone, falling) miàn (fourth tone, falling)below
• 剩下shèng (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)to remain; to be left over
• 以下yǐ (third tone, dipping) xià (fourth tone, falling)that level or lower
• 下次xià (fourth tone, falling) cì (fourth tone, falling)next time
• 下降xià (fourth tone, falling) jiàng (fourth tone, falling)to decline
• 下雨xià (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping)to rain
• 之下zhī (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling)under
• 地下dì (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)underground
• 接下来/接下來jiē (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling) lái (second tone, rising)to accept
• 下班xià (fourth tone, falling) bān (first tone, high and level)to finish work