HSK 6 · Nature

排放 páifàng “to discharge” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 排放 means

  1. to discharge
  2. to emit (pollutants)
  3. to arrange in order
  4. to emit
  5. to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc)

How to say 排放

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale排pái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale放fàng4th tone, falling

排放 in a sentence

  1. 工厂不能随便排放污水。

    Gōngchǎng bùnéng suíbiàn páifàng wūshuǐ.

    Factories mustn’t discharge waste water as they please.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们要减少汽车尾气排放。

    Wǒmen yào jiǎnshǎo qìchē wěiqì páifàng.

    We need to reduce car exhaust emissions.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 排放 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 排 (pái) with each of its parts in a different colour
排páito arrange in order; to line up
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 非wrong · fēiSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 非 (fēi) hints at the sound. Compare it with pái.

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 排放

排 11 strokes · 放 8 strokes

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

Words related to 排放

Words with 排

排pái · to line up安排ānpái · to arrange排队páiduì · to line up排列páiliè · to arrange in order排斥páichì · to exclude排除páichú · to rule out排练páiliàn · to rehearse

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

More words: Nature & Environment

茂盛màoshèng · lush蚂蚁mǎyǐ · ant萌芽méngyá · to sprout棉花miánhua · cotton品种pǐnzhǒng · variety瀑布pùbù · waterfall晴朗qínglǎng · sunny气味qìwèi · smell

FAQs

排放 (páifàng) means “to discharge” or “to emit (pollutants)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it páifàng: pái with a 2nd 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. 排放 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type paifang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 排放 from the suggestions. Typing paifang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
排放 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.