放 fàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 方 square, rectangle 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
放假
fàngjià
to have a holiday
Characters in this word
假 jià
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 叚 false
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我们明天放假。 Wǒmen míngtiān fàngjià. We're off tomorrow.
- 学生们今天放假。 Xuéshengmen jīntiān fàngjià. The students have a day off today.
- 放假了，我很高兴。 Fàngjià le, wǒ hěn gāoxìng. The holidays have started, I'm so happy.
- 你们星期几放假？ Nǐmen xīngqī jǐ fàngjià? What day do you have off?
- 老师明天放假吗？ Lǎoshī míngtiān fàngjià ma? Does the teacher have tomorrow off?
- 孩子放假了，真高兴！ Háizi fàngjià le, zhēn gāoxìng! The child is on holiday—how nice!
- 她不想放假。 Tā bù xiǎng fàngjià. She doesn't want to have a holiday.
- 我们放假几天？ Wǒmen fàngjià jǐ tiān? How many days off do we have?
- 我们下星期放假。 Wǒmen xià xīngqī fàngjià. We have a holiday next week.
- 放假你想去哪儿？ Fàngjià nǐ xiǎng qù nǎr? Where do you want to go on holiday?
Related words
- 放 fàng to put, to place
- 放学 fàngxué to finish classes (for the day)
- 放下 fàngxia to put down
- 放心 fàngxīn to feel at ease; to not worry
- 播放 bōfàng to play; to broadcast
- 放到 fàngdào to put in; to put onto
- 开放 kāifàng to open; to bloom
- 放松 fàngsōng to relax
- 放大 fàngdà to enlarge
- 放弃 fàngqì to give up
- 解放 jiěfàng to liberate; liberation
- 摆放 bǎifàng to put, to place