"To allow" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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允许 yǔn xǔ to permit / to allow
许可 xǔ kě to allow / to permit
体谅 tǐ liàng to empathize / to allow (for sth) / to show understanding / to appreciate
给 gěi to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier)
任由 rèn yóu to let (sb do sth) / to allow / regardless of
任凭 rèn píng no matter what / despite / to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
准许 zhǔn xǔ to allow / to grant / to permit
容许 róng xǔ to permit / to allow
放走 fàng zǒu to release / to set free / to allow (a person or an animal) to go / to liberate
得 dé to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
应许 yīng xǔ to promise / to allow
听任 tīng rèn to let (sth happen) / to allow (sb to do sth) / to submit to / to yield
听凭 tīng píng to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
许 xǔ to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps
听 tìng (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow
容 róng to hold / to contain / to allow / to tolerate / appearance / look / countenance
随 suí to follow / to comply with / varying according to... / to allow / subsequently
允 yǔn just / fair / to permit / to allow
任听 rèn tīng to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) / to let sb have his head
任随 rèn suí to allow (sb to have his head) / to let things happen
听随 tīng suí to obey / to allow
许和 xǔ hé to allow / permit
任令 rèn lìng to allow (sth to happen)
开许 kāi xǔ (literary) to allow / to permit
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