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shēn

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4739246)

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Words Containing 申

申讨
shēn tǎo

to denounce

申请
shēn qǐng

to apply for sth

申申
shēn shēn

cozy and comfortable

戊申
wù shēn

forty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028

申雪
shēn xuě

to right a wrong

申诉
shēn sù

to file a complaint

甲申政变
jiǎ shēn zhèng biàn

unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops

申请表
shēn qǐng biǎo

application form

重申
chóng shēn

to reaffirm

申理
shēn lǐ

to right a wrong

申曲
shēn qǔ

Shanghai opera

申不害
shēn bù hài

Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker

丙申
bǐng shēn

thirty-third year C9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016

申扎
shēn zhā

Xainza county, Tibetan: Shan rtsa rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[nà qǔ dì qū], central Tibet

申奏
shēn zòu

to present (a document)

申谢
shēn xiè

to express gratitude

奉申贺敬
fèng shēn hè jìng

polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)

尤利娅·季莫申科
yóu lì yà · jì mò shēn kē

Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician

三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn

to order again and again (idiom)

伊留申
yī liú shēn

Ilyushin, Russian plane maker

申诉书
shēn sù shū

written appeal

庚申
gēng shēn

fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040

布拉戈维申斯克
bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kè

Blagoveshchensk, Russian city on the border with China, administrative center of Amur Oblast 阿穆爾州|阿穆尔州[ā mù ěr zhōu]

申明
shēn míng

to declare

引申
yǐn shēn

to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc)

申报
shēn bào

to report (to the authorities)

申饬
shēn chì

to warn

申购
shēn gòu

to ask to buy

卢卡申科
lú kǎ shēn kē

Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukachenko, president of Belarus from 1994

申请书
shēn qǐng shū

application

申根区
shēn gēn qū

the Schengen area, a passport-free zone in Europe

申令
shēn lìng

an order

甲申
jiǎ shēn

21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064

壬申
rén shēn

ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052

申辩
shēn biàn

to defend oneself

申办
shēn bàn

to apply for

季莫申科
jì mò shēn kē

Tymoshenko (name)

申论
shēn lùn

to give a detailed exposition

申说
shēn shuō

to state

申斥
shēn chì

to rebuke

申冤
shēn yuān

to appeal for justice

申扎县
shēn zhā xiàn

Xainza county, Tibetan: Shan rtsa rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[nà qǔ dì qū], central Tibet

申报单
shēn bào dān

declaration form

申通
shēn tōng

STO Express, courier service headquartered in Shanghai, founded in 1993

申状
shēn zhuàng

to present (a document)

申命记
shēn mìng jì

Book of Deuteronomy

申领
shēn lǐng

to apply (for license, visa etc)

申根
shēn gēn

Schengen, village in Luxemburg, location of the 1985 signing of the agreement to create the Schengen area 申根區|申根区[shēn gēn qū]

波德申
bō dé shēn

Port Dickson (holiday destination in Malaysia)

阿留申群岛
ā liú shēn qún dǎo

Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)

申言
shēn yán

to profess

申猴
shēn hóu

Year 9, year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)

申城
shēn chéng

alternative name for Shanghai 上海[shàng hǎi]

申请人
shēn qǐng rén

applicant

引申义
yǐn shēn yì

extended meaning (of an expression)

申述
shēn shù

to state