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挺
tǐng
1.
to stick out
2.
to (physically) straighten up
3.
to endure or hold out
4.
straight
5.
stiff
6.
outstanding
7.
extraordinary
8.
rather
9.
quite
10.
very
11.
classifier for machine guns
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
丫挺
yātǐng
(Beijing dialect) bastard
力挺
lìtǐng
to support
劲挺
jìngtǐng
strong
坚挺
jiāntǐng
firm and upright
挺住
tǐngzhù
to stand firm
挺好
tǐnghǎo
very good
挺尸
tǐngshī
(lit.) to lie stiff like a corpse
挺拔
tǐngbá
tall and straight
挺杆
tǐnggǎn
tappet (machine part)
挺立
tǐnglì
to stand erect
挺举
tǐngjǔ
clean and jerk (weightlifting technique)
挺身
tǐngshēn
to straighten one's back
挺进
tǐngjìn
progress
硬挺
yìngtǐng
to endure with all one's will
笔挺
bǐtǐng
(standing) very straight
叶挺
YèTǐng
Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader
打挺儿
dǎtǐngr
to arch one's body and fling one's head back
伏地挺身
fúdìtǐngshēn
pushup (exercise)
挺而走险
tǐngérzǒuxiǎn
variant of [[鋌而走險|铤而走险<tǐngérzǒuxiǎn>]]
挺身而出
tǐngshēnérchū
to step forward bravely
Example Sentences (4)
到6月9号，我们就结婚二十年了。这么多年，我们的生活一直挺幸福的。
Dào liù yuè jiǔ hào, wǒmen jiù jiéhūn èrshí nián le. Zhème duō nián, wǒmen de shēnghuó yìzhí tǐng xìngfú de.
By June 9th, we'll have been married for twenty years. All these years, our life has always been quite happy.
Text 3
还可以，他们问的问题都挺容易的，就是我有点儿紧张。
Hái kěyǐ, tāmen wèn de wèntí dōu tǐng róngyì de, jiùshì wǒ yǒudiǎnr jǐnzhāng.
It was okay. The questions they asked were pretty easy. I was just a little nervous.
Text 1
原来鼓励和表扬对小孩儿挺有用的，下次我也试试。
Yuánlái gǔlì hé biǎoyáng duì xiǎoháir tǐng yǒuyòng de, xiàcì wǒ yě shìshi.
Turns out encouragement and praise are quite useful for kids. I'll try it next time, too.
Text 3
其实目的挺简单的，就是提醒人们节约用电，希望引起人们对气候变暖问题的关注。
Qíshí mùdì tǐng jiǎndān de, jiùshì tíxǐng rénmen jiéyuē yòngdiàn, xīwàng yǐnqǐ rénmen duì qìhòu biànnuǎn wèntí de guānzhù.
Actually, the purpose is quite simple: to remind people to save electricity and to draw people's attention to the issue of global warming.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,466
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,020 of 84,292