申请申請 shēnqǐng — to apply (for something), to file a request

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Traditional: 申請

to apply (for something), to file a request

HSK 4· HSK 1–6 (classic)Level 4· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverbnoun

Meanings

to apply (for something), to file a request
To ask for something through the proper channel, in writing or with a form — a visa, a job, a place at a school. The document you fill in and hand over is also called 申请, or more fully 申请表.
verb
an application, a formal request
noun

请請
qǐng (third tone, dipping)
please; to ask, to request; to invite; to treat someone (to a meal)
10 strokes⿰讠青Radical 言

我正在申请去中国留学。我正在申請去中國留學。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) zhèngzài (fourth tone, falling) shēnqǐng (first tone, high and level) qù (fourth tone, falling) Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) liúxué. (second tone, rising)···
I’m currently applying to study in China.
她给那家公司写了一个工作申请。她給那家公司寫了一個工作申請。Tā (first tone, high and level) gěi (third tone, dipping) nà (fourth tone, falling) jiā (first tone, high and level) gōngsī (first tone, high and level) xiěle (third tone, dipping) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) gōngzuò (first tone, high and level) shēnqǐng. (first tone, high and level)···
She wrote a job application to that company.

Not quite我申请银行一张信用卡。
Correct我向银行申请一张信用卡。
What you are applying to — the bank, the school — needs 向 in front of it; 申请 does not take the institution as a direct object the way it takes the thing you are requesting.