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伸

shēn

HSK 5 Character

What 伸 means

1. to stretch
2. to extend

Example sentences

• 起司非常能伸展。
  The cheese is very stretchy.
• 他伸直了他的手臂。
  Tā shēnzhí le tā de shǒubì.
  He stretched his arm.
• 他伸长了他的右手。
  He extended his right arm.
• 琳达把舌头伸了出来。
  Lín dá bǎ shétou shēn le chūlái.
  Linda stuck her tongue out.
• 没有其他人伸出援手。
  Méiyǒu qítā rén shēnchū yuánshǒu.
  Nobody else offered to help.
• 猫弓起背，伸了个懒腰。
  Māo gōng qǐ bèi, shēn le gè lǎnyāo.
  The cat arched its back and stretched itself.

Words starting with 伸

• 伸出shēn chūto extend
• 伸手shēn shǒuto reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg
• 伸展shēn zhǎnstretching; extension
• 伸长shēn chángto stretch; to extend
• 伸直shēn zhíto straighten; to stretch out
• 伸张shēn zhāngto uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote
• 伸开shēn kāito stretch out (one's arms or legs etc)
• 伸缩shēn suōto lengthen and shorten; flexible; adjustable
• 伸手不见五指shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐpitch-dark (idiom)
• 伸卡球shēn kǎ qiú(baseball) (loanword) sinker
• 伸展台shēn zhǎn táirunway (for a fashion show etc); catwalk
• 伸手派shēn shǒu pàifreeloader; moocher; sponger
• 伸手牌shēn shǒu páifreeloader; moocher; sponger
• 伸缩性shēn suō xìngflexibility
• 伸肌shēn jīextensor (anatomy)
• 伸懒腰shēn lǎn yāoto stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)
• 伸冤shēn yuānto right wrongs; to redress an injustice
• 伸缩喇叭shēn suō lǎ batrombone
• 伸延shēn yánsee 延伸
• 伸雪shēn xuěvariant of 申雪

Words containing 伸

• 延伸yán shēnto extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
• 拉伸lā shēnto draw; to stretch
• 拉伸强度lā shēn qiáng dùtensile strength
• 衍伸yǎn shēnto give rise (to); to spawn; to spread (to)
• 能屈能伸néng qū néng shēncan bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes)…
• 大丈夫能屈能伸dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēnA leader can submit or can stand tall as required.; ready to give and take; flexible
• 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rénone who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong…
• 能伸能屈néng shēn néng qūsee 能屈能伸

Characters built on 申

These share the phonetic component 申 (shēn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 审shěnto examine; to investigate; carefully
• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 呻shēn(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 绅shēnmember of gentry
• 砷shēnarsenic (chemistry)
• 抻chēnto pull; to stretch; to draw sth out
• 胂shènarsine

Characters that look like 伸

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 仲zhòngsecond month of a season; middle; intermediate
• 伟wěibig; large; great
• 侍shìto serve; to attend upon
• 坤kūnone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; female principle; ☷
• 忡chōnggrieved; distressed; sad

Sounds the same

Read shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 身body; life; oneself
• 深(lit. and fig.) deep
• 申to extend; to state; to explain
• 呻(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 绅member of gentry
• 莘long; numerous
• 参ginseng; one of the 28 constellations
• 娠pregnant
• 砷arsenic (chemistry)
• 甡multitude; crowd
• 燊brisk; vigorous (of fire)
• 珅a kind of jade