HSK 5 · Verbs

伸 shēn “to stretch” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 伸 means

  1. to stretch
  2. to extend

How to say 伸

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale伸shēn1st tone, high and level

伸 in a sentence

  1. 猫弓起背，伸了个懒腰。

    Māo gōngqǐ bèi, shēn le ge lǎnyāo.

    The cat arched its back and had a good stretch.

    Sentence #818812 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 男孩伸手又拿了一块蛋糕。

    Nánhái shēnshǒu yòu ná le yí kuài dàngāo.

    The boy reached out for another piece of cake.

    Sentence #13753043 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 年轻人伸出他的手，接着我和他握了手。

    Niánqīngrén shēnchū tā de shǒu, jiēzhe wǒ hé tā wò le shǒu.

    The young man held out his hand, and then I shook it.

    Sentence #336880 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 伸 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 伸 (shēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
伸shēnto stretch
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 申to report · shēn

How to write 伸

伸 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

伸 (shēn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 伸 (shēn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 伸

Words with 伸

延伸yánshēn · to extend

More words: Common Verbs

杀shā · to kill晒shài · to dry in the sun上当shàngdàng · to be fooled舍不得shěbude · to hate to part with升shēng · to rise生产shēngchǎn · to produce省略shěnglüè · to leave out失去shīqù · to lose

FAQs

伸 (shēn) means “to stretch” or “to extend”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shēn: shēn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 伸 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 伸 from the suggestions. Typing shen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
伸 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.