HSK 4 · Verbs

申请 shēnqǐng “to apply (for)” in Chinese

Traditional 申請

What 申请 means

  1. to apply (for)
  2. application
  3. to apply for sth
  4. application form

How to say 申请

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale申shēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale请qǐng3rd tone, dipping

申请 in a sentence

  1. 我申请了签证。

    Wǒ shēnqǐng le qiānzhèng.

    I applied for a visa.

    Sentence #512510 from Tatoeba

  2. 要申请的话，你得亲自去。

    Yào shēnqǐng dehuà, nǐ děi qīnzì qù.

    To apply, you have to go in person.

    Sentence #1516213 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 提交申请的最后期限是星期五。

    Tíjiāo shēnqǐng de zuìhòu qīxiàn shì xīngqīwǔ.

    The deadline for applications is Friday.

    Sentence #4408191 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 申请 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 申 (shēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
申shēnto extend
  • 日sun · rì
  • 丨line · gǔn
The character 请 (qǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
请qǐngto ask
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qǐng.

How to write 申请

申 5 strokes · 请 10 strokes

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

Words related to 申请

Words with 申

申报shēnbào · to declare

Words with 请

请qǐng · please请问qǐngwèn · Excuse me请假qǐngjià · to ask for time off请客qǐngkè · to treat someone (to a meal)邀请yāoqǐng · to invite请求qǐngqiú · to request请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice请示qǐngshì · to ask for instructions请柬qǐngjiǎn · invitation card请帖qǐngtiě · invitation card

More words: Common Verbs

缺少quēshǎo · lack扔rēng · to throw散步sànbù · to take a walk伤心shāngxīn · to grieve生活shēnghuó · to live省shěng · to save剩shèng · to remain使shǐ · to make

FAQs

申请 (shēnqǐng) means “to apply (for)” or “application”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shēnqǐng: shēn with a 1st tone, then qǐng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 申请 is written 申請. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shenqing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 申请 from the suggestions. Typing shenqing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
申请 is an HSK 4 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.