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
放学
fàngxué
to finish classes (for the day)
Characters in this word
学 xué
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他们四点放学。 Tāmen sì diǎn fàngxué. They finish school at four.
- 我五点放学。 Wǒ wǔ diǎn fàngxué. I finish school at five.
- 放学以后我们回家。 Fàngxué yǐhòu wǒmen huí jiā. After school we go home.
- 今天几点放学？ Jīntiān jǐ diǎn fàngxué? What time do classes finish today?
- 放学后她去商店。 Fàngxué hòu tā qù shāngdiàn. She'll go to the shop after school.
- 弟弟还没放学。 Dìdi hái méi fàngxué. My little brother isn't out of school yet.
- 我们一起放学回家吧。 Wǒmen yìqǐ fàngxué huíjiā ba. Let's go home together after school.
- 孩子们都放学了。 Háizimen dōu fàngxué le. The children have all finished school.
- 她四点半放学。 Tā sì diǎn bàn fàngxué. She finishes classes at half past four.
- 别等我放学。 Bié děng wǒ fàngxué. Don't wait for me to finish school.
Related words
- 放 fàng to put, to place
- 放假 fàngjià to have a holiday
- 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