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
放肆
fàngsì
unrestrained; impudent; reckless
Characters in this word
肆 sì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 聿 — writing brush, pencil
- Made of
- 镸 long 聿 writing brush, pencil
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他的言辞越来越放肆，已经超出了正常争论的范围。 Tā de yáncí yuè lái yuè fàngsì, yǐjīng chāochū le zhèngcháng zhēnglùn de fànwéi. His remarks became increasingly impudent and had already gone beyond the scope of normal debate.
- 你怎么敢对老师这么放肆！ Nǐ zěnme gǎn duì lǎoshī zhème fàngsì! How dare you be so rude to the teacher!
- 孩子们在草地上放肆地大笑大跳，一点也不拘束。 Háizimen zài cǎodì shàng fàngsì de dà xiào dà tiào, yìdiǎn yě bù jūshù. The children laughed and jumped around wildly on the grass without any restraint.
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