Chinese symbol for “stretching”
伸展
shēn zhǎn
stretching; extension
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stretching is 伸展 (shēn zhǎn), defined as: stretching; extension.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stretching”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 伸展.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 延伸 | yán shēn | to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread |
| 伸出 | shēn chū | to extend |
| 伸手 | shēn shǒu | to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand |
| 伸缩 (伸縮) | shēn suō | to lengthen and shorten; flexible |
| 伸张 (伸張) | shēn zhāng | to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote |
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 开展 (開展) | kāi zhǎn | to launch; to develop |
| 展开 (展開) | zhǎn kāi | to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stretching”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.