HSK 6 · Society

释放 shìfàng “to release” in Chinese

Traditional 釋放

What 释放 means

  1. to release
  2. to set free
  3. to release (a prisoner)
  4. to release (energy, gas, resources)
  5. to express (emotions, goodwill, intentions)

How to say 释放

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale释shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale放fàng4th tone, falling

释放 in a sentence

  1. 你用什么方式释放压力？

    Nǐ yòng shénme fāngshì shìfàng yālì?

    How do you relieve stress?

    Sentence #9955802 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她把小鸟从笼子里释放出来。

    Tā bǎ xiǎoniǎo cóng lóngzi lǐ shìfàng chūlai.

    She let the little bird out of the cage.

    Sentence #604483 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他们释放了犯人。

    Tāmen shìfàng le fànrén.

    They released the prisoner.

    Sentence #790284 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 释放 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 释 (shì) drawn as one shape
释shìto explain

释 is a single shape of 12 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 释放

释 12 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.

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

Words related to 释放

Words with 释

解释jiěshì · explanation注释zhùshì · annotation爱不释手àibúshìshǒu · to love something too much to put it down

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: Society & Law

盛行shèngxíng · to be popular审理shěnlǐ · to hear (a case)审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)社区shèqū · community事故shìgù · accident势力shìli · power示威shìwēi · to hold a demonstration失踪shīzōng · to go missing

FAQs

释放 (shìfàng) means “to release” or “to set free”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìfàng: shì with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 释放 is written 釋放. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shifang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 释放 from the suggestions. Typing shifang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
释放 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.