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HSK 6
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)
叶挺
YèTǐng
Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader
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
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)
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 (1)
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.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,466
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,020 of 84,292