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title: "Fangxue Meaning: 放学 (fàngxué) Means “to finish school for the day”"
description: "放学 (traditional 放學, fàngxué) means “to finish school for the day; to get out of school”. Hear its tones, see what 放 and 学 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fangxue"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 放学 mean?

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放学 fàngxué

## to finish school for the day; to get out of school

## Its characters

1. 放 fàng to put
2. 学 xué school (as in 小学)

## In a sentence

孩子们四点放学。 The children get out of school at four.

**放学**了，英子走路回家。

From [跟我回家的小狗 · The little dog that followed me home](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-lost-dog-short-chinese-story#library-word-0-2)

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## More words with 放 or 学

- [摆放 bǎifàng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baifang)
- [办学 bànxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banxue)
- [播放 bōfàng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bofang)
- [存放 cúnfàng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/cunfang)
- [大学 dàxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daxue)
- [大学生 dàxuéshēng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daxuesheng)
- [发放 fāfàng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fafang)
- [发疯文学 fāfēng-wénxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fafengwenxue)
- [放大 fàngdà](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fangda)
- [放过 fàngguò](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fangguo)

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