放下

Character by character

• 放fàng8 strokesHSK 1put, release, free, liberate
• 下xià3 strokesHSK 1under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 放下. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 下xiàHSK 1

  down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action

• 放fàngHSK 1

  to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)

• 下来xià laiHSK 3

  to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)

• 下午xià wǔHSK 1

  afternoon; p.m.

• 下去xià qùHSK 3

  to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw

• 放弃fàng qìHSK 5

  to renounce; to abandon; to give up

• 停下tíng xiàHSK 4

  to stop

• 留下liú xiàHSK 2

  to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go

• 下面xià miànHSK 3

  below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian]

• 剩下shèng xiàHSK 5

  to remain; to be left over

• 以下yǐ xiàHSK 2

  that level or lower; that amount or less; the following

• 下次xià cìHSK 1

  next time

• 放松fàng sōngHSK 4

  to relax; to slacken; to loosen

• 下降xià jiàngHSK 4

  to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease

• 放心fàng xīnHSK 2

  to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease

• 释放shì fàngHSK 7

  to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge

• 之下zhī xiàHSK 5

  under; beneath; less than

• 地下dì xiàHSK 4

  underground; subterranean; covert

• 接下来jiē xià láiHSK 2

  to accept; to take; next; following

• 开放kāi fàngHSK 3

  to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality

• 放到fàng dàoHSK 3

  Put in

• 下班xià bānHSK 1

  to finish work; to get off work

• 坐下zuò xiaHSK 1

  to sit down

• 改革开放gǎi gé kāi fàngHSK 7

  to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980