粵

放fong3走zau2

fong3 zau2fàng zǒu

English

  1. to release
  2. to release; to let go; to set free
  3. to set free
  4. to allow (a person or an animal) to go
  5. to liberate

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 解放束縛,給予自由

Examples

  • 佢話隻雀仔俾人韞住好可憐,跟住就放走咗佢喇。

    He said the bird was so pitiful of being caged, and then he set it free.

  • 长颈鹿放走了。

    The giraffe was released.

    Tatoeba · BobbyLee CC BY

  • Tom將鳥放走。

    Tom freed the bird.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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