"Stretch" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 伸 |  shēn | to stretch / to extend |   |
| 拉伸 | lā shēn | to draw / to stretch | |
| 懒腰 | lǎn yāo | a stretch (of one's body) | |
| 伸长 | shēn cháng | to stretch / to extend | |
| 舒 | shū | to stretch / to unfold / to relax / leisurely | |
| 抻 | chēn | to pull / to stretch / to draw sth out | |
| 楦 | xuàn | to block (a hat) / to stretch (a shoe) | |
| 弸 | bēng | full / stretch | |
| 彄 | kōu | nock at end of bow / stretch | |
| 乀 | fú | stretch | |
| 𫸩 | kōu | nock at end of bow / stretch | |
| 一口气 | yī kǒu qì | one breath / in one breath / at a stretch | |
| 大片 | dà piàn | wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie | |
| 走动 | zǒu dòng | to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) | |
| 一气 | yī qì | at one go / at a stretch / for a period of time / forming a gang | |
| 紧绷 | jǐn bēng | to stretch taut / (of muscles etc) taut / strained / tense | |
| 绵延 | mián yán | continuous (esp. of mountain ranges) / to stretch long and unbroken / a continuous link / sostenuto (sustained, in music) | |
| 横跨 | héng kuà | to span / to stretch across / to travel across | |
| 伸直 | shēn zhí | to straighten / to stretch out | |
| 绷紧 | bēng jǐn | to stretch taut | |
| 戏说 | xì shuō | dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest | |
| 延展 | yán zhǎn | to extend / to stretch out / ductable / to scale / scalable | |
| 伸懒腰 | shēn lǎn yāo | to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc) | |
| 伸开 | shēn kāi | to stretch out | |
| 通融 | tōng róng | flexible / to accommodate / to stretch or get around regulations / a short-term loan | |
| 跨海大桥 | kuà hǎi dà qiáo | bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water) | |
| 一望无垠 | yī wàng wú yín | to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom) | |
| 绵亘 | mián gèn | to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains) | |
| 引 | yǐn | to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters | |
| 探 | tàn | to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward | |
| 绷 | bēng | to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / embroidery hoop / woven bed mat | |
| 揸 | zhā | to stretch fingers out | |
| 手到拈来 | shǒu dào nián lái | stretch a hand and grab it (idiom) / easy to do | |
| 手到擒来 | shǒu dào qín lái | stretch a hand and grab it (idiom) / very easy | |
| 手到拈来 | shǒu dào niān lái | lit. to stretch a hand and grab it (idiom) / fig. easy to do | |
| 孟姜女 | Mèng jiāng nu:3 | heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 / folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body | |
| 挨延 | ái yán | to delay / to stretch out / to play for time | |
| 走動 | zǒu dòng | to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) | |
| 转往 | zhuǎn wǎng | to change (to final stretch of journey) | |
| 遐眺 | xiá tiào | to stretch one's sight as far as possible | |
| 弹性段 | stretch section / compliant section | | |
| 路段 | lù duàn | stretch of road / section of a highway or railway | |
| 撑开 | chēng kāi | to stretch taut / to open (an umbrella) / to hold (a bag etc) open / to prop open | |
