放晴

fàngqíng

verb #33,272

Meanings

HSK 2

下午天就放晴了。

Xiàwǔ tiān jiù fàngqíng le.

By the afternoon, the weather had cleared up.

HSK 3

雨下了三天，今天终于放晴。

Yǔ xià le sān tiān, jīntiān zhōngyú fàngqíng.

It rained for three days; today it finally cleared up.

HSK 6

希望明天放晴，我们才能去爬山。

Xīwàng míngtiān fàngqíng, wǒmen cáinéng qù páshān.

Hopefully it'll clear up tomorrow so we can go hiking.

memory

放 ('release/let out') + 晴 ('clear/sunny') = the sky 'releases' the sun. A neat verb that captures the moment rain stops and the sky brightens.

放 fàng

晴 qíng