HSK 2 · Common Verbs

让 ràng “to let” in Chinese

Traditional 讓

What 让 means

  1. to let, allow
  2. to yield
  3. to permit
  4. to let sb do sth
  5. to have sb do sth
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to make sb (feel sad etc)
  • by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被)

How to say 让

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale让ràng4th tone, falling

让 in a sentence

  1. 我让我妹妹用我的新电脑。

    Wǒ ràng wǒ mèimei yòng wǒ de xīn diànnǎo.

    I let my sister use my new computer.

    Sentence #390519 from Tatoeba

  2. 让我们开始吧。

    Ràng wǒmen kāishǐ ba.

    Let’s get started.

    Sentence #1358651 from Tatoeba

  3. 你想让我们跟你一起去吗？

    Nǐ xiǎng ràng wǒmen gēn nǐ yìqǐ qù ma?

    Do you want us to go with you?

    Sentence #10734457 from Tatoeba

How 让 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 让 (ràng) with each of its parts in a different colour
让ràngto yield
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 上above · shǎngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 上 (shǎng) hints at the sound. Compare it with ràng.

How to write 让

让 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

让 (ràng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 让 (ràng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 让

Words with 让

让步ràngbù · to concede转让zhuǎnràng · to transfer (ownership)

More words: Common Verbs

玩wán · to play进jìn · to enter出chū · to go out给gěi · to give笑xiào · to laugh跳舞tiàowǔ · to dance唱歌chànggē · to sing旅游lǚyóu · to travel

FAQs

让 (ràng) means “to let, allow” or “to yield”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it ràng: ràng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 让 is written 讓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 让 from the suggestions. Typing rang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
让 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.