放晴 (fàng qíng) — (of weather) to clear up, to become sunny after… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Used for weather clearing up after rain — the sky becomes sunny. Used as a verb on its own, not with 下 or 来 like 晴.

verb

(of weather) to clear upto become sunny after rain

Examples

，放晴。
Yǔ tíng le, tiān zhōng yú fàng qíng le.
The rain stopped, and the sky finally cleared up.
，。
Zuó tiān xià le dà yǔ, jīn tiān yì zǎo jiù fàng le qíng.
It rained heavily yesterday, but it cleared up early this morning.
放晴。
Tiān qì yù bào shuō xià wǔ huì fàng qíng.
The weather forecast says it will clear up in the afternoon.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

放 here means become, 晴 means clear; weather becomes clear after rain.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

方攵放

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng放fàng

Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

日青晴

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

青

青qīng晴qíng

Same sound today

晴 puts 日, the sun, beside 青, which gives its sound.

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