放
fàngfǎng HSK1

put

放 fàng frequency
to release verb
to release; to set free; to let go; to discharge (a prisoner)

请你放了他吧。

qǐng nǐ fàng le tā ba.

Please let him go.

我们没把狗放出来。

wǒ​men méi bǎ gǒu fàng chū​lai.

We didn't let the dog out.

to put verb
to put; to place; to lay down; to put in or add (an ingredient)

我下次会多放点糖的。

wǒ xià​cì huì duō fàng diǎn táng de.

I'll add more sugar next time.

不要在病人嘴里放任何东西。

bù​yào zài bìng​rén zuǐ​li fàng rèn​hé dōng​xi.

Don't put anything in the patient's mouth.

to leave aside verb
to lay aside; to shelve; to postpone
to set off verb
to set off (fireworks); to fire (a gun); to emit (light or sound); to play (a movie or recording)

天一黑，就会开始放焰火了。

tiān yī hēi, jiù huì kāi​shǐ fàng yàn​huǒ le.

As soon as it gets dark, the fireworks will start.

to let oneself go adjective
to give free rein to; to indulge; to let oneself go; (of a person) bold and unconstrained
to let out verb
to let out (school or work); to have a holiday or break

马上就要放寒假了。

mǎ​shàng jiù​yào fàng hán​jià le.

Winter break is coming up.

to expand verbnoun
to expand; to enlarge; to lengthen (clothes); to let out
to adopt a state verb
Used before certain adjectives like "sensible" or "careful" to tell someone to adopt that state or behave in that way.

放轻松，我不咬人。

fàng qīng​sōng, wǒ bù yǎo rén.

Relax, I don't bite.

to bloom verb
to bloom; to blossom; to open up
to graze nounverb
to put out to pasture; to graze (cattle, sheep, etc.)
to lend verb
to lend money at interest; to issue (a loan or grain relief)
to exile verb
to send away; to banish; to exile; to assign a capital official to a local post
surname
a Chinese surname
放 fǎng
to follow
(literary) to follow; to base something on; to imitate
to reach
(literary) to reach; to arrive at

Frequency
Character
Written text
291st most common 762.8 per million
Movie subtitles
176th most common 993.3 per million appears in 98% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
569.3 per million appears in 86% of films
Written text
307.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+653E

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)