解放

Chinese

		to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
simp. and trad. (解放)		解	放

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiěfàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² fong³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kié-fong / kiái-fong
• Min Dong (BUC): gāi-huóng
• Min Nan (POJ): kái-hòng
• Wu (Wiktionary): jia faan (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiěfàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieefanq
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai² fong³
    • Yale: gáai fong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² fong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai² fong³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑːi̯³⁵ fɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kié-fong
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie` fong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie<sup>3</sup> fong<sup>4</sup>
    • IPA: /ki̯e³¹ foŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiái-fong
    • Hakka Romanization System: giai` fong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giai³ fong⁴
    • IPA: /ki̯ai̯³¹ foŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gāi-huóng
    • IPA ^(key): /kai³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)uɔŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-hòng
    • Tâi-lô: kái-hòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kay'hoxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jia faan (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕia̱³³ fɑ̃⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠɛ^X  pʉɐŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	解	放
Reading #	2/4	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	佳買切	甫妄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛX/	/pʉɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæX/	/pʷiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kæiX/	/piuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨjX/	/puaŋH/
Li Rong	/kɛX/	/piuaŋH/
Wang Li	/kaiX/	/pĭwaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kaiX/	/piwaŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎ	fàng

Verb

解放

1. to liberate; to emancipate; to free
2. to be liberated; to be emancipated; to be freed

Noun

解放

1. liberation

Derived terms

• 解放區／解放区
• 解放戰爭／解放战争 (Jiěfàng Zhànzhēng)

• 解放軍／解放军 (jiěfàngjūn)
• 解放鞋

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (解放):

• Japanese: 解放 (かいほう) (kaihō)
• Korean: 해방 (解放, haebang)
• Vietnamese: giải phóng (解放)

See also

• 敁放

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
解	放
かい Grade: 5	ほう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

解放 (hiragana かいほう, rōmaji kaihō)

1. liberation, absolution

Antonyms

• 束縛 (そくばく) (sokubaku): restraint
• 制約 (せいやく) (seiyaku): limit

Verb

解放する (transitive, hiragana かいほう, rōmaji kaihō)

1. release, unleash, set free, absolve

   ストレスから解放 (かいほう)される

   sutoresu kara kaihō sareru

   be released from stress

Conjugation

Conjugation of "解放する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	解放し	かいほうし	kaihō shi
Continuative (連用形)	解放し	かいほうし	kaihō shi
Terminal (終止形)	解放する	かいほうする	kaihō suru
Attributive (連体形)	解放する	かいほうする	kaihō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	解放すれ	かいほうすれ	kaihō sure
Imperative (命令形)	解放せよ¹ 解放しろ²	かいほうせよ¹ かいほうしろ²	kaihō seyo¹ kaihō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	解放される	かいほうされる	kaihō sareru
Causative	解放させる 解放さす	かいほうさせる かいほうさす	kaihō saseru kaihō sasu
Potential	解放できる	かいほうできる	kaihō dekiru
Volitional	解放しよう	かいほうしよう	kaihō shiyō
Negative	解放しない	かいほうしない	kaihō shinai
Negative continuative	解放せず	かいほうせず	kaihō sezu
Formal	解放します	かいほうします	kaihō shimasu
Perfective	解放した	かいほうした	kaihō shita
Conjunctive	解放して	かいほうして	kaihō shite
Hypothetical conditional	解放すれば	かいほうすれば	kaihō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative