IDENTITY
让ràngto let; to allow; to give way
HSK 2Top 120
CORE MEANING
to let; to allow; to give way
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to let; to askHSK2
- 2.to give wayHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 讠speech radical (yán)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰讠上
- speech; asking
- gives the sound ràng (historical)
USAGE
Common words
让开ràngkāito make way
让座ràngzuòto give up one’s seat
Graded examples
他让我帮忙。Tā ràng wǒ bāngmáng.HSK2
He asks me to help.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Words (讠) that move things upward (上) — deferring, letting. (From 讓.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #120
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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