放学

fàng xué

HSK 3.0 Level 3 Verb Common

Definitions

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to go to class

refers to the start of the school day or a class session

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to finish class

dismissal from a class period, as opposed to the end of the school day

after school

after school, a common time expression using 放学

Often used with time expressions like 几点 (jǐ diǎn) to ask when school ends, e.g., 几点放学？

Do not use 放学 to mean graduating from school; that is 毕业 (bì yè).

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我们每天下午三点放学。

We get out of school at 3 p.m. every day.

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after school

to learn

to put