fong3 hok6放學放学
Jyutpingfong3 hok6
Yalefong hohk
Definition
To dismiss school or leave school at the end of the day.
colloquialschooltime
How it's used
Refers specifically to the moment the school day concludes for a student, rather than the general concept of education. It is commonly used as a time reference point for scheduling after school activities or meeting up with friends. Unlike formal terms, it carries a sense of relief or transition from academic duties to personal time.
Examples
What time do you finish school?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe the act of graduating or leaving a school permanently, which would be 畢業. It strictly refers to the daily routine of finishing classes for the day.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
