Usage of the character 挺
tǐng
挺
[挺]
- straight
- erect
- to stick out (a part of the body)
- to (physically) straighten up
- to support
- to withstand
- outstanding
- (coll.) quite
- very
- classifier for machine guns
tǐngyāo
挺腰
[挺腰]
- to straighten one's back
- to arch one's back
yìngtǐng
硬挺
[硬挺]
- to endure with all one's will
- to hold out
- rigid
- stiff
tǐngzhí
挺直
[挺直]
- upright; erect
- to straighten up (one's back etc); to hold erect
tǐngjìn
挺进
[挺進]
- progress
- to advance
tǐnggǎn
挺杆
[挺桿]
- tappet (machine part)
jiāntǐng
坚挺
[堅挺]
- firm and upright
- strong (of currency)
yātǐng
丫挺
[丫挺]
- (Beijing dialect) bastard
- damned
tǐnglì
挺立
[挺立]
- to stand erect
- to stand upright
tǐngshī
挺尸
[挺屍]
- (lit.) to lie stiff like a corpse
- (coll.) to sleep
tǐngzhù
挺住
[挺住]
- to stand firm
- to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)
tǐngbá
挺拔
[挺拔]
- tall and straight
tǐngjǔ
挺举
[挺舉]
- clean and jerk (weightlifting technique)
tǐngshēn
挺身
[挺身]
- to straighten one's back
jìngtǐng
劲挺
[勁挺]
- strong
bǐtǐng
笔挺
[筆挺]
- (standing) very straight
- straight as a ramrod
- bolt upright
- well-ironed
- trim
Yè Tǐng
叶挺
[葉挺]
- Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader
lìtǐng
力挺
[力挺]
- to support
- to back
tǐnghǎo
挺好
[挺好]
- very good
dǎtǐngr
打挺儿
[打挺兒]
- to arch one's body and fling one's head back
tǐng'érzǒuxiǎn
挺而走险
[挺而走險]
- variant of 鋌而走險／铤而走险 (tǐng'érzǒuxiǎn)
fúdì-tǐngshēn
伏地挺身
[伏地挺身]
- push-up (exercise)
tǐngshēn'érchū
挺身而出
[挺身而出]
- to step forward bravely
ángshǒutǐngxiōng
昂首挺胸
[昂首挺胸]
- head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
- in fine mettle (of animal)