shēn

old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]

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

a picture of 申 → lightning bolt

The ancient form showed a jagged bolt of heaven's electricity, branching above and below a central point. From the idea of something forcefully extending outward came the verb sense 'to extend' or 'to state clearly.'

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他向公司明了自己的立场。

tā xiàng gōng sī shēn míng le zì jǐ de lì chǎng 。

He stated his position clearly to the company.

请在表格上填写你要请的理由。

qǐng zài biǎo gé shàng tián xiě nǐ yào shēn qǐng de lǐ yóu 。

Please write down the reason for your application on the form.

Words with 申

重申

chóng shēn

to reaffirm

阿留申群岛

ā liú shēn qún dǎo

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

三令五申

sān lìng wǔ shēn

to order again and again (idiom)

丙申

bǐng shēn

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

伊留申

yī liú shēn

Ilyushin, Russian plane maker

壬申

rén shēn

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

奉申贺敬

fèng shēn hè jìng

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

季莫申科

jì mò shēn kē

Tymoshenko (name)

尤利娅·季莫申科

yóu lì yà · jì mò shēn kē

Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician

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[A1 mu4 er3 Zhou1]

庚申

gēng shēn

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

引申

yǐn shēn

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

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