让 (ràng): to let, to allow
让 (ràng) is a Chinese character meaning “to let, to allow.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 上 (phonetic). It ranks #339 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 让 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to let, to allow
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 让
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 让开 | ràng kāi | to get out of the way |
| 让步 | ràng bù | to concede |
| 让路 | ràng lù | to make way (for sth) |
| 退让 | tuì ràng | to move aside |
| 让位 | ràng wèi | to abdicate |
| 出让 | chū ràng | to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else) |
| 忍让 | rěn ràng | to exercise forbearance |
| 让座 | ràng zuò | to give up one's seat for sb |
| 谦让 | qiān ràng | to modestly decline |
| 阿比让 | ā bǐ ràng | Abidjan (city in Ivory Coast) |
| 互不相让 | hù bù xiāng ràng | neither giving way to the other |
| 避让 | bì ràng | to avoid |
| 割让 | gē ràng | to cede |
| 让利 | ràng lì | to give a discount |
| 当仁不让 | dāng rén bù ràng | to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others |
让 appears in 50 compound words: 30 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 让 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
Showing 6 of 8 idioms containing 让.
Example Sentences
请让一下，我要过去，谢谢。
Qǐng ràng yíxià, wǒ yào guòqu, xièxie.
Excuse me, please let me through, thank you.
当年轻人成为过年“主理人”,让团圆找到新载体
dāng nián qīng rén chéng wéi guò nián zhǔ lǐ rén , ràng tuán yuán zhǎo dào xīn zài tǐ
When young people become the "managers" of the New Year, let the reunion find a new carrier
...走基层|货运列车检车员:迟来的团圆,只为让更多..
. . . zǒu jī céng huò yùn liè chē jiǎn chē yuán : chí lái de tuán yuán , zhī wéi ràng gēng duō . .
... Freight train inspector: belated reunion, just to let more:
豫哈零碳协作,让河南产业援疆“沉下去”“实起来”
yù hā líng tàn xié zuò , ràng hé nán chǎn yè yuán jiāng chén xià qù shí qǐ lái
Yu-Ha zero-carbon collaboration, so that Henan's industrial aid "sinking" and "real up".
这场新春之约,让更多家庭感受到浓浓暖意
zhè chǎng xīn chūn zhī yāo , ràng gēng duō jiā tíng gǎn shòu dào nóng nóng nuǎn yì
This New Year gathering brought warmth to many families.
睿尔曼亮相北京卫视春晚,化身“新春大厨”让机器人走..
睿 ěr 曼 liàng xiāng běi jīng wèi shì chūn wǎn , huā shēn xīn chūn dà chú ràng jī qì rén zǒu . .
Rui'erman Appears on Beijing TV's Spring Festival Gala, Transforming into a "New Year Chef" to Make Robots Walk...
你叔叔让你开他的车了吗？
Nǐ shūshu ràng nǐ kāi tā de chē le ma?
Did your uncle let you drive his car?
请让我看一下您的护照好吗？
Qǐng ràng wǒ kàn yīxià nín de hùzhào hǎo ma?
May I see your passport, please?
可以让我骑一会儿这匹马吗？
Kěyǐ ràng wǒ qí yīhuìr zhè pǐ mǎ ma?
Can I ride this horse for a while?
我该怎么做才能让你更注意我？
Wǒ gāi zěnme zuò cáinéng ràng nǐ gèng zhùyì wǒ?
What have I got to do so that you'll pay attention to me?
Character Family
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