放羊

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	caprid
simp. and trad. (放羊)		放	羊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ joeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): piong-yòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàng-iûⁿ
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵faon ⁶yan / ⁵faon-yan₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngyáng
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-yang²
    • Yale: fàng-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqyang
    • Palladius: фанъян (fanʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ joeng⁴
    • Yale: fong yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piong-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: biong iong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: biong⁴ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯oŋ⁵⁵ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piong-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: biong (r)iong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: biong⁴ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯oŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parng'viuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ iũ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵faon ⁶yan
    • MiniDict: faon^去 yan^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²faan ³hhian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fɑ̃³⁴ ɦiã²³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵faon-yan₂
    • MiniDict: faon^去 yan^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /fɑ̃⁵² ɦiã³³/

Verb

放羊

1. (literally) to graze sheep
2. (figuratively) to set free; to let someone do whatever they wish

   體育課放羊，讓學生自家去搞。 [Hangzhounese, trad.]
   体育课放羊，让学生自家去搞。 [Hangzhounese, simp.]

   In Physical Education classes we let everybody go feral, the students can run amok all they want.

Synonyms

• (to graze sheep): 牧羊 (mùyáng); (Hakka) 掌羊; (Eastern Min) 䁐羊