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挺

tǐng

HSK 4 Character

What 挺 means

1. straight
2. erect
3. to stick out (a part of the body)
4. to (physically) straighten up
5. to support
6. to withstand
7. outstanding
8. colloquialquite
9. very
10. classifier for machine guns

Example sentences

• 我挺忙。
  I'm pretty busy.
• 她挺富有。
  She's quite wealthy.
• 那挺逗的。
  That was pretty funny.
• 天气挺凉爽。
  Tiānqì tǐng liángshuǎng.
  The weather is quite pleasantly cool.
• 天气挺冷的。
  It's pretty cold.
• 好像挺有趣。
  How fascinating!

Words starting with 挺

• 挺拔tǐng bátall and straight
• 挺直tǐng zhíupright; erect; to straighten up (one's back etc); to hold erect
• 挺进tǐng jìnprogress; to advance
• 挺身而出tǐng shēn ér chūto step forward bravely
• 挺立tǐng lìto stand erect; to stand upright
• 挺身tǐng shēnto straighten one's back
• 挺住tǐng zhùto stand firm; to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)
• 挺好tǐng hǎovery good
• 挺举tǐng jǔclean and jerk (weightlifting technique)
• 挺尸tǐng shī(lit.) to lie stiff like a corpse; (colloquial) to sleep
• 挺杆tǐng gǎntappet (machine part)
• 挺腰tǐng yāoto straighten one's back; to arch one's back
• 挺而走险tǐng ér zǒu xiǎnvariant of 铤而走险

Words containing 挺

• 笔挺bǐ tǐng(standing) very straight; straight as a ramrod; bolt upright
• 坚挺jiān tǐngfirm and upright; strong (of currency)
• 昂首挺胸áng shǒu tǐng xiōnghead high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits; in fine mettle (of animal)
• 硬挺yìng tǐngto endure with all one's will; to hold out; rigid
• 力挺lì tǐngto strongly support; to firmly back
• 叶挺Yè TǐngYe Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader
• 打挺儿dǎ tǐng rto arch one's body and fling one's head back
• 伏地挺身fú dì tǐng shēn(Taiwan) push-up (exercise)
• 劲挺jìng tǐngstrong
• 丫挺yā tǐng(Beijing dialect) bastard; damned
• 鲤鱼打挺lǐ yú dǎ tǐng(martial arts, gymnastics) to kip up (spring upright from supine without hands)…

Characters built on 廷

These share the phonetic component 廷 (tíng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 庭tíngmain hall; front courtyard; law court
• 艇tǐng(bound form) boat; craft (esp. small or naval)
• 霆tíngclap of thunder
• 蜓tíngsee 蜻蜓
• 铤dìngingot
• 梃tǐnga club (weapon)

Characters that look like 挺

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 捉zhuōto clutch; to grab; to capture
• 桃táopeach
• 拱gǒngto cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch
• 轭èyoke
• 涎xiánsaliva

Sounds the same

Read tǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 艇(bound form) boat; craft (esp. small or naval)
• 町raised path between fields
• 珽scepter
• 梃a club (weapon)
• 侹(literary) level and straight
• 圢flat; level; (used in place names)
• 烶(literary) in flames; on fire
• 脡brisket meat; straight
• 颋narrow forehead
• 铤big arrow; walk fast