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Chinese[edit]
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to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
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news
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trad. (放聲氣)
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放
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聲氣
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simp. (放声气)
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放
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声气
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Pronunciation[edit]
放⫽聲氣 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese) to spread information
1962, 吳文浩 [Ng Man-Ho], directed by 吳回 [Ng Wui], 難得有情郎 [It's Hard to Get a Loving Man][1], spoken by 黃百泉 (黃楚山 [Wong Cho Shan]):
好啦,我即管同佢放下聲氣啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
好啦,我即管同佢放下声气啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]- hou2 laa1, ngo5 zik1 gun2 tung4 keoi5 fong3 haa5 seng1 hei3 laa1. [Jyutping]
- Okay, I'll go ahead and spread the news [that's he's looking for a job] for him.