申请 (shēnqǐng) means Apply (application). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 申请 了那所大学。
Wǒ shēnqǐng le nà suǒ dàxué.
I applied to that university.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 申请
申请 工作要准备材料。
Shēnqǐng gōngzuò yào zhǔnbèi cáiliào.
Applying for a job means preparing documents.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 申请
请提交书面 申请 。
Qǐng tíjiāo shūmiàn shēnqǐng.
Please submit a written application.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 书面
请准备好 申请 材料。
Qǐng zhǔnbèi hǎo shēnqǐng cáiliào.
Please prepare the application materials.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 材料
他的 申请 被批准了。
Tā de shēnqǐng bèi pīzhǔn le.
His application was approved.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 批准
他 申请 了这个职位。
Tā shēnqǐng le zhège zhíwèi.
He applied for this position.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 职位
请给我一份 申请 材料。
Qǐng gěi wǒ yí fèn shēnqǐng cáiliào.
Please give me a copy of the application materials.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 份
他向银行 申请 了贷款。
Tā xiàng yínháng shēnqǐng le dài kuǎn.
He applied to the bank for a loan.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 贷款
这项技术已经 申请 了专利。
Zhè xiàng jìshù yǐjīng shēnqǐng le zhuānlì.
A patent has been applied for on this technology.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 专利
他 申请 把交稿时间延期一周。
Tā shēnqǐng bǎ jiāo gǎo shíjiān yán qī yì zhōu.
He asked to put the submission deadline back a week.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 延期
他大学毕业后主动 申请 到边疆工作。
Tā dàxué bìyè hòu zhǔdòng shēnqǐng dào biānjiāng gōngzuò.
After graduating he volunteered to go and work in the border region.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 边疆
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From the travel phrasebook
我要 申请 退款。
Wǒ yào shēnqǐng tuìkuǎn.
I want to request a refund.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
Questions about 申请
How is 申请 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 申请 (shēnqǐng, "Apply (application)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 申请 an HSK word?
Yes — 申请 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 申请?
The dictionary page for 申请 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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