放羊

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
• Min Nan (POJ): pàng-iûⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fàngyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqyang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngyáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ joeng⁴
    • Yale: fong yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ jœ̽ːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piong-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: biong iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: biong⁴ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯oŋ⁵⁵ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piong-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: biong (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: biong⁴ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯oŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parng'viuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ iũ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ iũ²³/

Verb

放羊

1. (literally) to graze sheep
2. (figuratively) to set free