让

ràng

allow, permit, yield, concede

How to write 让, stroke by stroke

to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被)

Pictophonetic: semantic 讠 (speech), phonetic 上

Made of 讠 + 上

让开ràng kāito get out of the way; to step aside
让步ràng bùto concede; to give in; to yield; a concession; (linguistics) concessive
让路ràng lùto make way (for sth)
转让zhuǎn ràngto transfer (ownership, rights etc)
让位ràng wèito abdicate; to yield
退让tuì ràngto move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede
出让chū ràngto transfer (one's property or rights to sb else)
让利ràng lìto give a discount; to make a concession
让球ràng qiúto concede points (in a game)
可转让kě zhuǎn ràngtransferable; negotiable
礼让lǐ ràngto show consideration for (others); to yield to (another vehicle etc); courtesy; comity
容让róng ràngto make a concession; to be accommodating

我爸爸退休了，以便为更年轻的人让路。
wǒ bà ba tuì xiū le ， yǐ biàn wèi gèng nián qīng de rén ràng lù 。
My father retired to make way for younger people.
警察会让你去找子弹的。
jǐng chá huì ràng nǐ qù zhǎo zǐ dàn de 。
The police will get you to find the bullets.
她把她的座位让给了一个老人。
tā bǎ tā de zuò wèi ràng gěi le yí gè lǎo rén 。
She gave her seat to a senior citizen.
电脑让人变愚蠢了。
diàn nǎo ràng rén biàn yú chǔn le 。
Computers make people stupid.
这并不让我惊讶。
zhè bìng bú ràng wǒ jīng yà 。
It doesn't surprise me.