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

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

(literally) to graze sheep
(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