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申
Mandarin · pinyin shēn#
Meanings · shēn
- 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°
Mandarin · pinyin Shēn#
Meanings · Shēn
- old name for Shanghai 上海 Shàng hǎi
- surname Shen
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- 申
- shēn · to state to a superior, report; extend; ninth earthly branch
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1 · shen1
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 電／电 (diàn, “lightning”)
- to extend; to stretch
- to state; to explain
- to request; to report
- to announce; to express
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) again; repeatedly
- ninth of twelve earthly branches (十二支) — monkey of the Chinese zodiac
- ninth of twelve earthly branches (十二支) — 3 to 5 p.m.
- ninth of twelve earthly branches (十二支) — seventh month of the Chinese calendar
- (～國) Shen (vassal state during the Zhou dynasty)
- (alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 上海 (Shànghǎi, “Shanghai”).
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 神 (“deity”)
- a surname
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