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申办

shēnbàn

to bid for; to apply to host or undertake

Two groups of eager people with blank banners compete before a stadium
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Characters in this word

申 shēn

Strokes
5
Radical
田 — field, farm, arable land
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 申

办 bàn

Strokes
4
Radical
力 — strength, power
Made of
力 strength, power 八 eight
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 多个城市同时申办国际赛事,背后竞争的是交通、财政和治理能力。 Duō gè chéngshì tóngshí shēnbàn guójì sàishì, bèihòu jìngzhēng de shì jiāotōng, cáizhèng hé zhìlǐ nénglì. Several cities are bidding for the international event at the same time; behind it is competition over transport, finances, and governance capacity.
  • 我们市正在积极申办明年的全国大学生运动会。 Wǒmen shì zhèngzài jījí shēnbàn míngnián de quánguó dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì. Our city is actively bidding to host next year's national student games.
  • 两个城市都想申办这次国际会议,竞争非常激烈。 Liǎng gè chéngshì dōu xiǎng shēnbàn zhè cì guójì huìyì, jìngzhēng fēicháng jīliè. Both cities want to bid to host this international conference; the competition is fierce.

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