HSK 6 · Society

解放 jiěfàng “to liberate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 解放 means

  1. to liberate
  2. liberation
  3. to emancipate
  4. refers to the Communists’ victory over the Nationalists in 1949

Measure word 次 cì · 一次解放 yí cì jiěfàng

How to say 解放

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale解jiě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale放fàng4th tone, falling

解放 in a sentence

  1. 洗碗机解放了我的双手。

    Xǐwǎnjī jiěfàng le wǒ de shuāngshǒu.

    The dishwasher has freed up my hands.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 考完试了，终于解放了！

    Kǎo wán shì le, zhōngyú jiěfàng le!

    Exams are over. Free at last!

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 解放 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 解 (jiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
解jiěto divide
  • 角horn · jiǎo
  • 刀knife · dāo
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidA knife 刀 taking the horn 角 off an ox 牛: to take apart, to explain.

The character 放 (fàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
放fàngto put
  • 方square · fāngSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 方 (fāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fàng.

How to write 解放

解 13 strokes · 放 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 解放

Words with 解

解决jiějué · settle a dispute了解liǎojiě · comprehend解释jiěshì · explanation理解lǐjiě · to comprehend缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief解剖jiěpōu · to dissect辩解biànjiě · to justify误解wùjiě · to misunderstand解除jiěchú · to remove解散jiěsàn · to dissolve

Words with 放

放fàng · put放心fàngxīn · relax放假fàngjià · to have a holiday放学fàngxué · to finish school (for the day)放松fàngsōng · to relax放弃fàngqì · to renounce放暑假fàngshǔjià · to be on summer holidays开放kāifàng · to open (to the public)播放bōfàng · to broadcast放大fàngdà · to enlarge

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间谍jiàndié · spy将军jiāngjūn · general (military rank)监狱jiānyù · prison阶层jiēcéng · social class机构jīgòu · organisation忌讳jìhuì · taboo竞选jìngxuǎn · to run for office纠纷jiūfēn · dispute

FAQs

解放 (jiěfàng) means “to liberate” or “liberation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiěfàng: jiě with a 3rd tone, then fàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 解放 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 次 (cì). For example, one to liberate is 一次解放 (yí cì jiěfàng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiefang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 解放 from the suggestions. Typing jiefang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
解放 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.