放学

• 拼音: fàng xué
• 汉字拆解: 放 (release) + 学 (study, school) — to be released from school

含义

School is over; to finish school for the day. Describes the end of the school day.

Specifically refers to the end of the school day, not graduation. Used mostly for primary and secondary school students. Often appears in the pattern 放学以后 (after school). The opposite is 上学 (go to school).

例句

1. 我们三点半放学。
2. 放学以后你想做什么？
3. 妈妈每天来学校接我放学。

用法指南

语境: school, family

语气: conversational

正确说法

• 你几点放学？(What time does school end?)
• 放学了，我们回家吧。(School's out, let's go home.)

错误说法

• 大学生放学了。(Sounds unnatural for university students — 放学 is mainly used for primary and secondary school; say 下课了 instead)

起源与历史

Compound of 放 (to release, let go) and 学 (study, school) — literally 'to release from school.'

文化背景

世代: Children and teenagers

社会背景: Universal