放学 fàngxué to dismiss students at the end of the school day
How to remember 放学: 放 put + 学 learn = to dismiss students at the end of the school day.
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How it is used
- School lets out for the day - 放学后我们去打球 (fàngxué hòu wǒmen qù dǎ qiú) after school we go play ball.
- The daily counterpart to 上学 (shàngxué, go to school). It refers to the end of the school day, not a holiday (that's 放假).
Example sentences
- 学校3点半放学。 Xuéxiào 3diǎnbàn fàngxué.School is over at 3:30.
- 你放学以后干什么？ Nǐ fàngxué yǐhòu gànshénme?What do you do after school?
- 她放学后接着就回家了。 Tā fàngxué hòu jiēzhe jiù huíjiā le.She went home after classes were over.