让
ràng HSK2

allow

让 讓 ràng
to let verb
To permit or allow someone to do something; to have someone do something.

他们不让我见我母亲。

tā​men bù ràng wǒ jiàn wǒ mǔ​qīn.

They won't let me see my mother.

让我们看看他有多好。

ràng wǒ​men kàn​kan tā yǒu duō hǎo.

Let's see how good he is.

to make verb
To cause someone to feel a certain way or to do something.

我怎样才能让你明白？

wǒ zěn​yàng cái​néng ràng nǐ míng​bai?

How can I make you understand?

他们只是让你睡着了。

tā​men zhǐ​shì ràng nǐ shuì zháo le.

They just put you to sleep.

to yield verb
To give way or give up one's seat; to prioritize others' convenience

他把座位让给了我。

tā bǎ zuò​wèi ràng gěi le wǒ.

He gave up his seat for me.

to transfer particleverb
To hand over or cede possession, rights, or property to another
[passive]
Used in spoken language to indicate the person or thing that performs an action, meaning "by".
to invite
To ask or usher a guest into a place; to offer someone a seat, food, or drink.
to be inferior
(bound form) To be second to or fall short of another in quality or ability.
surname
A Chinese surname
to rebuke
(literary) to criticize, scold, or rebuke

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
339th most common 649.4 per million
Movie subtitles
66th most common 2671.0 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3690.7 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
1166.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
讓
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+8BA9

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