Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- ràng
English
- allow, permit, yield, concede
- to yield
- (verb) Concede
- to give way; to yield to
- to allow; to let
- to permit
- used in passive verb structures
- to let sb do sth
- to have sb do sth
- to make sb (feel sad etc)
- by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
粵語
- 唔去爭某啲嘢，主動放棄，將物件或者權利交畀人哋
- 容許做某件事
- 用喺被動句式；被；俾
Variants
Words containing 讓
- 轉讓zyun2 joeng6
to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
- 相讓soeng1 joeng6
(verb) to give way; yield to others
- 讓步joeng6 bou6
to concede
- 讓座joeng6 zo6
to give up one's seat for sb
- 頂讓ding2 joeng6
(Tw) to hand over (a business etc) for an agreed price
- 出讓ceot1 joeng6
to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else)
- 退讓teoi3 joeng6
to move aside
- 讓路joeng6 lou6
to make way (for sth)
- 讓開joeng6 hoi1
to get out of the way
- 禮讓lai5 joeng6
to show consideration for (others)
- 割讓got3 joeng6
to cede
- 讓位joeng6 wai6
to abdicate
- 忍讓jan2 joeng6
to exercise forbearance
- 辭讓ci4 joeng6
to decline politely
- 饒讓jiu4 joeng6
tolerance and concession; to let off; to excuse; to have mercy on; to reprieve
- 禪讓sin6 joeng6
to abdicate
- 折讓zit3 joeng6
discount (financial)
- 承讓sing4 joeng6
you let me win (said politely after winning a game)
- 租讓zou1 joeng6
to lease out
- 自讓zi6 joeng6
- 讓坐joeng6 zo6
variant of 讓座|让座[rang4 zuo4]
- 推讓teoi1 joeng6
verb; modestly decline (a position, favour, etc)
- 讓球joeng6 kau4
to concede points (in a game)
- 讓煙joeng6 jin1
to offer a cigarette