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
放水
fàngshuǐ
to release water; to go easy deliberately
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 水库将在夜间放水，沿河居民必须提前撤离。 Shuǐkù jiāng zài yèjiān fàngshuǐ, yánhé jūmín bìxū tíqián chèlí. The reservoir will release water at night, so residents along the river must evacuate in advance.
- 农民打开水闸，向干枯的稻田里放水。 Nóngmín dǎkāi shuǐzhá, xiàng gānkū de dàotián lǐ fàngshuǐ. The farmer opened the sluice and let water into the dry rice paddy.
- 爸爸和我下棋总是放水，故意让我赢。 Bàba hé wǒ xiàqí zǒngshì fàngshuǐ, gùyì ràng wǒ yíng. Dad always goes easy when playing chess with me, letting me win on purpose.
Related words
- 放 fàng to put, to place
- 放假 fàngjià to have a holiday
- 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