放 (fàng) means Put down (release - tend - herd). Below are 24 of the 123 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请把书 放 在桌子上。
Qǐng bǎ shū fàng zài zhuōzi shàng.
Please put the book on the desk.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 放
牛奶要 放 在冰箱里。
Niúnǎi yào fàng zài bīngxiāng lǐ.
Milk should be kept in the fridge.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 放
他一度想 放 弃。
Tā yídù xiǎng fàngqì.
At one point he thought of giving up.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 一度
我喝咖啡不 放 糖。
Wǒ hē kāfēi bú fàng táng.
I do not take sugar in my coffee.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 糖
这个菜盐 放 多了。
Zhège cài yán fàng duō le.
There is too much salt in this dish.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 盐
垃圾 放 久了会臭。
Lājī fàng jiǔ le huì chòu.
Rubbish will stink if left too long.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 臭
吃饺子要 放 点醋。
Chī jiǎozi yào fàng diǎn cù.
You should add a little vinegar when eating dumplings.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 醋
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From the graded readers
有好几次，我差点儿就 放 弃了。
yǒu hǎojǐ cì, wǒ chā / chà / chāi diǎn ér jiù fàngqìle.
There were several times I nearly gave up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
画笔在盒子里 放 了差不多十年。
huà bǐ zài hézi lǐ fàng le / liǎo / liào chàbuduō shínián.
The brushes sat in a box for nearly ten years.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
放 假的时候，我跟三个朋友去旅行。
fàng jiǎ de / dì shíhou, wǒ gēn sān gè péngyou qù lǚxíng.
During the holiday I went travelling with three friends.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
那天晚上，她一直把照片 放 在手边。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, tā yìzhí bǎ zhàopiàn fàng zài shǒu biān.
That evening she kept the photograph beside her.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我还买了几张照片，把它们 放 在了墙上。
wǒ hái / huán mǎile jǐ / jī zhāng zhàopiàn, bǎ tāmen fàng zài le / liǎo / liào qiáng shàng.
I also bought a few photos and put them on the wall.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
我想 放 弃，可是爸爸说：“再试一次。”
wǒ xiǎng fàngqì, kěshì bàba shuō:" zài shì yīcì."
I wanted to give up, but dad said, "One more go."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
我把那封信 放 在了书桌上，每天都能看见。
wǒ bǎ nà / nèi fēng xìn fàng zài le / liǎo / liào shū zhuō shàng, měitiān dōu néng kànjiàn.
I put the letter on my desk where I see it every day.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
我把衣服 放 进箱子里，把书 放 在另外一个箱子里。
wǒ bǎ yīfu fàngjìn xiāngzi lǐ, bǎ shū fàng zài lìngwài yīgè xiāngzi lǐ.
I put the clothes in boxes and the books in another box.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
后来我给他买了一块地毯，他把它 放 在了房间里。
hòulái wǒ gěi tā mǎile yīkuài dìtǎn, tā bǎ tā fàng zài le / liǎo / liào fángjiān lǐ.
Afterwards I bought him a rug, and he put it down in the room.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
From the travel phrasebook
请把包 放 上去。
Qǐng bǎ bāo fàng shàngqù.
Put your bag on the belt.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
From the grammar library
他把书 放 在桌子上。
Tā bǎ shū fàng zài zhuōzi shang.
He put the book on the table.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 把 sentences
放 appears in 123 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 放
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 放
How is 放 used in a sentence?
This page shows 123 sentences using 放 (fàng, "Put down (release - tend - herd)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 放 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 放 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 放 an HSK word?
Yes — 放 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 放?
The dictionary page for 放 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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