让

Traditional (Taiwan): 讓

On the HSK 2 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

ràng ㄖㄤˋ

    • to let sb do sth
    • to permit
    • to have sb do sth
    • to make sb (feel sad etc)
    • to yield
    • by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])

Classifiers (measure words)

Other words read ràng

rang with other tones

  • 嚷 rǎng shout
  • 壤 rǎng soil
  • 攘 rǎng reject
  • 瓤 ráng pulp
  • 禳 ráng sacrifice for avoiding calamity

All 10 words read rang in any tone

How 让 is written

    部首 radical
    讠
    笔画 strokes
    5, with 3 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    讠上
    形旁 meaning
    讠
    声旁 sound
    上

    Words with 让

    Starting with 让

    All 12 words starting with 让

    Ending with 让

    All 27 words ending with 让

    Containing 让

    • 拱手让人 gǒngshǒuràngrén surrender sth without resistance
    • 不让须眉 bùràngxūméi compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
    • 孔融让梨 kǒngróngrànglí Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融 kǒngróng picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
    • 推贤让能 tuīxiánràngnéng cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented
    • 可转让证券 kězhuǎnràngzhèngquàn negotiable securities

    All 7 words containing 让

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