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申

shēn

HSK 4 Character

What 申 means

1. to extend
2. to state
3. to explain
4. 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey
5. ancient Chinese compass point: 240°

Other readings

申 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Shēnold name for Shanghai {上海|Shàng hǎi}; surname Shen

Example sentences

• 我申请了签证。
  I applied for a visa.
• 他申请了奖学金。
  Tā shēnqǐng le jiǎngxuéjīn.
  He applied for the scholarship.
• 他在写申请书呢。
  He's writing an application.
• 她提出了入学申请。
  Tā tíchū le rùxué shēnqǐng.
  She made out the application for admission.
• 汤姆填写了申请表。
  Tāngmǔ tiánxiě le shēnqǐngbiǎo.
  Tom filled out the application form.
• 请填好这张申请表。
  Qǐng tián hǎo zhè zhāng shēnqǐngbiǎo.
  Please fill in this application form.

Words starting with 申

• 申请shēn qǐngto apply for sth; application form
• 申报shēn bàoto report (to the authorities); to declare (to customs)
• 申请人shēn qǐng rénapplicant
• 申请表shēn qǐng biǎoapplication form
• 申诉shēn sùto file a complaint; to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc); complaint
• 申明shēn míngto declare; to aver; to state formally
• 申请书shēn qǐng shūapplication; application form; petition (to higher authorities)
• 申办shēn bànto apply for; to bid for
• 申论shēn lùnto give a detailed exposition; to state in detail
• 申辩shēn biànto defend oneself; to rebut a charge
• 申领shēn lǐngto apply (for license, visa etc)
• 申城Shēn chéngalternative name for Shanghai 上海; alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信阳市
• 申时shēn shí3-5 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
• 申根Shēn gēnSchengen, village in Luxemburg, location of the 1985 signing of the agreement to create…
• 申理shēn lǐto right a wrong; to seek justice
• 申申shēn shēncozy and comfortable; to repeat endlessly
• 申言shēn yánto profess; to declare
• 申讨shēn tǎoto denounce
• 申说shēn shuōto state; to assert
• 申谢shēn xièto express gratitude; to thank
• 申述shēn shùto state; to assert; to allege
• 申通Shēn tōngSTO Express, courier service headquartered in Shanghai, founded in 1993
• 申不害Shēn Bù hàiShen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker
• 申命记Shēn mìng jìBook of Deuteronomy; Fifth Book of Moses

Words containing 申

• 重申chóng shēnto reaffirm; to reiterate
• 引申yǐn shēnto extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc); derivation
• 甲申jiǎ shēn21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
• 庚申gēng shēnfifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
• 伊留申Yī liú shēnIlyushin, Russian plane maker
• 引申义yǐn shēn yìextended meaning (of an expression); derived sense
• 波德申Bō dé shēnPort Dickson (holiday destination in Malaysia)
• 阿留申群岛Ā liú shēn Qún dǎoAleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)
• 卢卡申科Lú kǎ shēn kēAleksandr Grigoryevich Lukachenko, president of Belarus from 1994
• 甲申政变Jiǎ shēn zhèng biànunsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives…
• 奉申贺敬fèng shēn hè jìngpolite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
• 丙申bǐng shēnthirty-third year C9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016
• 戊申wù shēnforty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028
• 壬申rén shēnninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052
• 三令五申sān lìng wǔ shēnto order again and again (idiom)
• 布拉戈维申斯克Bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kèBlagoveshchensk, Russian city on the border with China, administrative center of Amur…
• 尤利娅·季莫申科Yóu lì yà · Jì mò shēn kēYulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
• 季莫申科Jì mò shēn kēTymoshenko (name); Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician

Characters that look like 申

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

• 田tiánfield; farm
• 由yóuto follow; from; because of; due to
• 甲jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; (used for an unspecified person or thing)…
• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 市shìmarket; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate

Sounds the same

Read shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 身body; life; oneself
• 深(lit. and fig.) deep
• 伸to stretch; to extend
• 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