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Usage of the character 伸

shēn
[伸]
  • to stretch
  • to extend
yánshēn
延伸
[延伸]
  • to extend
  • to spread
shēnxuě
伸雪
[伸雪]
  • variant of 申雪 (shēnxuě)
lāshēn
拉伸
[拉伸]
  • to draw
  • to stretch
Shēngǎng
伸港
[伸港]
  • Shengang or Shenkang Township in Changhua County 彰化縣/彰化县 ( Zhānghuà Xiàn), Taiwan
shēnzhí
伸直
[伸直]
  • to straighten
  • to stretch out
shēnyán
伸延
[伸延]
  • see 延伸 (yánshēn)
shēncháng
伸长
[伸長]
  • to stretch; to extend
shēnyuān
伸冤
[伸冤]
  • to right wrongs
  • to redress an injustice
shēnkāi
伸开
[伸開]
  • to stretch out
shēnzhāng
伸张
[伸張]
  • to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue)
  • to promote
shēnchū
伸出
[伸出]
  • to extend
shēnsuō
伸缩
[伸縮]
  • to lengthen and shorten
  • flexible
  • adjustable
  • retractable
  • extensible
  • telescoping (collapsible)
shēnzhǎn
伸展
[伸展]
  • stretching
  • extension
yǎnshēn
衍伸
[衍伸]
  • to give rise (to)
  • to spawn
  • to spread (to)
shēnjī
伸肌
[伸肌]
  • extensor (anatomy)
shēnshǒu
伸手
[伸手]
  • to reach out with one's hand
  • to hold out a hand
  • (fig.) to beg
  • to get involved
  • to meddle
shēnzhǎntái
伸展台
[伸展臺]
  • runway (for a fashion show etc)
  • catwalk
shēnshǒupài
伸手派
[伸手派]
  • freeloader; moocher; sponger
shēnlǎnyāo
伸懒腰
[伸懶腰]
  • to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)
shēnkǎqiú
伸卡球
[伸卡球]
  • sinker (baseball) (loanword)
Shēngǎng Xiāng
伸港乡
[伸港鄉]
  • Shengang or Shenkang Township in Changhua County 彰化縣/彰化县 ( Zhānghuà Xiàn), Taiwan
shēnshǒupái
伸手牌
[伸手牌]
  • freeloader; moocher; sponger
shēnsuōxìng
伸缩性
[伸縮性]
  • flexibility
néngshēnnéngqū
能伸能屈
[能伸能屈]
  • can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
  • flexible
néngqūnéngshēn
能屈能伸
[能屈能伸]
  • can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
  • flexible
lāshēnqiángdù
拉伸强度
[拉伸強度]
  • tensile strength
shēnsuōlǎba
伸缩喇叭
[伸縮喇叭]
  • trombone
shēnshǒubùjiànwǔzhǐ
伸手不见五指
[伸手不見五指]
  • pitch-dark (idiom)
dàzhàngfunéngqūnéngshēn
大丈夫能屈能伸
[大丈夫能屈能伸]
  • A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
  • ready to give and take
  • flexible
yǒuchóubùbàofēijūnzǐ,yǒuyuānbùshēnwǎngwéirén
有仇不报非君子,有冤不伸枉为人
[有仇不報非君子,有冤不伸枉為人]
  • one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)