伸

Pinyin: shēn

to stretch; to extend

Example sentence

猫弓起背,伸了个懒腰。

Māo gōng qǐ bèi, shēn le gè lǎnyāo.

The cat arched its back and stretched itself.

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What 伸 means

伸 (shēn) is a Chinese word meaning “to stretch; to extend”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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