让
讓HSK 2freq #54
Meanings
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- 1.to yield
- 2.to permit
- 3.to let sb do sth
- 4.to have sb do sth
- 5.to make sb (feel sad etc)
- 6.by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bèi])
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Wiktionary
- 1.mountain stream that flows into a river
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Etymology
Simplified from 讓 (襄 → 上 and 言 → 讠) Simplification derived from various Wu dialects, in which 上 and 讓／让 are homophonous.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
让我来。
Let me try.
让他进来。
Let him in.
让我去死。
Let me die.
让我进去。
Let me in.
让我试试。
Let me try.
让他进来。
Show him in.
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Derived terms
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Related words
转让 to transfer (ownership, rights etc)让步 to concede退让 to move aside让座 to give up one's seat for sb让球 to concede points (in a game)让渡 to transfer (property, rights etc); to cede让位 to abdicate租让 to lease out躲让 to step aside (for a passing vehicle)让路 to make way (for sth)承让 you let me win (said politely after winning a game)割让 to cede