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fàng
HSK 1freq #280

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fàng
  1. 1.to put
  2. 2.to place
  3. 3.to release
  4. 4.to free
  5. 5.to let go
  6. 6.to let out
  7. 7.to set off (fireworks)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to release; to free; to liberate
  2. 2.to let out; to let go; to launch; to shoot
  3. 3.to put; to place; to set down
  4. 4.to lay aside
  5. 5.to open out
  6. 6.to expand; to enlarge; to extend
  7. 7.to cause to fall down; to knock down
  8. 8.to put on; to play (a recording)
  9. 9.to take livestock out to feed on grass; to graze; to put out to pasture; to herd
  10. 10.to ignite; to set on fire; to light; to kindle
  11. 11.to distribute; to hand out; to issue; to dispense
  12. 12.to lend (to allow to be used temporarily)
  13. 13.unbridled; without restraints or limits
  14. 14.to betroth (one's daughter) to somebody
  15. 15.to cause; to make
  16. 16.to banish; to exile
  17. 17.at (used after a verb)
  18. 18.to base on
  19. 19.to reach
  20. 20.a surname, Fang

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *paŋʔ, *paŋs): phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ) + semantic 攵 (“hand, action”) – an action, release. Compare Tibetan སྤོང (spong, “to abandon; to let go”), Burmese ဖင့် (hpang., “to delay”) (Hill, 2019).

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