# 伸张 (shēnzhāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 伸张 (shēnzhāng) means “to uphold; to promote (justice)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to uphold; to promote (justice)
- Pinyin: shēnzhāng (shen1 zhang1)
- Traditional: 伸張
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 法官的职责是伸张正义。
  Fǎguān de zhízé shì shēnzhāng zhèngyì.
  The duty of a judge is to uphold justice.

## Characters

- [伸](https://hanziro.com/word/shen-stretch/) (shēn): to stretch; to extend
- [张](https://hanziro.com/word/zhang-flat-items/) (zhāng): (measure word) for flat items

https://hanziro.com/word/shen-zhang-uphold/

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