放学 fàng xué
“to dismiss students at the end of the school day”
verb2021 list level 1Traditional 放學
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
放学 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 627: 放学 fàngxué — Level 3; official annotation 3 (动). PDF page 95
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 放学
放学 is a verb-object word meaning 'school is over for the day' — used of students finishing all their classes, or of a school dismissing them. The subject can be the students (我们四点放学) or the school (学校今天早放学), and 接/送 often appear with it: 接孩子放学.
例句Example sentences
- 学生下午四点半放学。xué sheng xià wǔ sì diǎn bàn fàng xué.The students finish school at 4:30 in the afternoon.
- 放学以后，我们一起去打篮球。fàng xué yǐ hòu, wǒ men yì qǐ qù dǎ lán qiú.After school, we go play basketball together.
- 今天下雨，我去学校接孩子放学。jīn tiān xià yǔ, wǒ qù xué xiào jiē hái zi fàng xué.It's raining today, so I'm going to school to pick up my child when school lets out.
易混词Easily confused
放学vs下课
下课 means one class period has ended (下课以后我去找他); 放学 means the whole school day has finished.