放下

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (放下)		放	下
anagram		下放

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ haa⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): piong-hâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàng-hē / hòng-hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngxià → fàngxia (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ → ㄈㄤˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsiå
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-hsia⁵
    • Yale: fàng-sya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanq.shiah
    • Palladius: фанся (fansja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/ → /fɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ä¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ haa⁶
    • Yale: fong hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ haː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piong-hâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: biong ha´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: biong⁴ ha¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯oŋ⁵⁵ ha²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-hē
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-hē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parnghe
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ he³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ he³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-hā
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horngha
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ha³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ha³³/

Verb

放下

1. to lay down; to put down
2. to lower (blinds, etc.)
3. to hold; to (have sufficient space to) accommodate
4. to let go of; to relinquish; to give up; to set aside

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 放低