挺 (tǐng): straight, erect, to stick out (a part of the body)
挺 (tǐng) is a Chinese character meaning “straight.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 廷 (phonetic). It ranks #1458 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 挺 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- straight
- erect
- to stick out (a part of the body)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挺身而出phrase | tǐng shēn ér chū | to step forward bravely |
| 挺进verb | tǐng jìn | progress |
| 挺直adjective | tǐng zhí | upright |
| 坚挺adjective | jiān tǐng | firm and upright |
| 挺身verb | tǐng shēn | to straighten one's back |
| 笔挺adjective | bǐ tǐng | (standing) very straight |
| 挺拔adjective | tǐng bá | tall and straight |
| 昂首挺胸 | áng shǒu tǐng xiōng | head high, chest out (idiom) |
| 挺立verb | tǐng lì | to stand erect |
| 挺举verb | tǐng jǔ | clean and jerk (weightlifting technique) |
| 硬挺verb | yìng tǐng | to endure with all one's will |
| 力挺verb | lì tǐng | to strongly support |
| 挺而走险 | tǐng ér zǒu xiǎn | variant of 鋌而走險|铤而走险 |
| 打挺儿 | dǎ tǐng r | to arch one's body and fling one's head back |
| 挺好 | tǐng hǎo | very good |
挺 appears in 24 compound words: 54 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 挺 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
他挺起袖子，开始认真地打扫房间。
tā tǐng qǐ xiù zǐ , kāi shǐ rèn zhēn dì dǎ sǎo fáng jiān .
He rolled up his sleeves and began cleaning the room thoroughly.
...驾不退选?Cheap掀她底狠酸:这女士还挺戒严
. . . jià bù tuì xuǎn ? C h e a p xiān tā de hěn suān : zhè nǚ shì hái tǐng jiè yán
... Do you want to withdraw from the election? Cheap lifted her bottom and soured: This lady is quite under martial law
陈子强爆发感情金钱纠纷!女总裁砸重金力挺遭冷甩...双方闹上法院
chén zǐ qiáng bào fā gǎn qíng jīn qián jiū fēn ! nǚ zǒng cái zá chóng jīn lì tǐng zāo lěng shuǎi . . . shuāng fāng nào shàng fǎ yuàn
Chen Ziqiang broke out in emotional and money disputes! The female president spent a lot of money to support and was scolded... The two sides went to court
韩沙率18国会议员联署 挺阿末三苏里任国盟主席
hán shā lǜ 1 8 guó huì yì yuán lián shǔ tǐng ā mò sān sū lǐ rèn guó méng zhǔ xí
Han Sha led 18 members of parliament to jointly sign the appointment of Ahmad Sansuri as the chairman of the National League
挺不住了?印度急切“从中国进口”
tǐng bù zhù le ? yìn dù jí qiē cóng zhōng guó jìn kǒu
Can't hold on? India is eager to "import from China"
这条裙子挺漂亮的，可以试穿吗？
Zhè tiáo qúnzi tǐng piàoliang de, kěyǐ shìchuān ma?
I like this skirt. May I try it on?
汤姆挺固执的不是吗？
Tāng mǔ tǐng gùzhi de bù shì ma?
Tom is being quite obstinate, isn't he?
你的狗有多大呀？我的挺小的。
Nǐ de gǒu yǒu duōdà ya? wǒ de tǐng xiǎode.
How big is your dog? Mine is small.
”那你怎么看玛丽？“ ”她看起来挺古怪的。“
"nà nǐ zěnme kàn Mǎlì?" "tā kànqǐlai tǐng gǔguài de."
"So what do you think of Mary?" "She has a rather peculiar appearance."
「那边天气怎么样？」「挺好的。」
「 nàbian tiānqì zěnmeyàng?」「 tǐnghǎo de.」
"What is the weather like over there?" "It's nice."
Character Family
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