yǐn shēn

引申 (yǐn shēn) is a Chinese word meaning “to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc); derivation”.

Meanings

  1. 1to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc)
  2. 2derivation

Characters in 引申

引yǐn · to draw (e.g. a bow)申shēn · to extend

Related words

申请to apply for sth引起to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse吸引to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate引to draw (e.g. a bow)引擎engine (loanword)引爆to ignite; to detonate引发to lead to勾引to seduce指引to guide引导to guide吸引力attractive force (such as gravitation)引诱to coerce (sb into doing sth bad)

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