# 放水 (fàngshuǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 放水 (fàngshuǐ) means “to turn on water; to go easy on”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to turn on water; to go easy on
- Pinyin: fàngshuǐ (fang4 shui3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这次考试老师明显放水了。
  Zhè cì kǎoshì lǎoshī míngxiǎn fàngshuǐ le.
  The teacher went easy on us in this exam.

## Characters

- [放](https://hanziro.com/word/fang-put/) (fàng): to put; to release
- [水](https://hanziro.com/word/shui-water/) (shuǐ): water

https://hanziro.com/word/fang-shui-turn-on-water/

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