挺

Straight in Chinese: 挺 (tǐng)

tǐng

straight

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

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

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挺

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄧㄥˇ

tǐng

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 她挺富有。

    tā tǐng fù yǒu。

    She's quite wealthy.

  • 那挺逗的。

    nà tǐng dòu de。

    That was pretty funny.

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Related words

挺好

tǐng hǎo

very good

通过

tōng guò

to pass through

通知

tōng zhī

to notify

推

tuī

to push

完全

wán quán

complete

网球

wǎng qiú

tennis

网站

wǎng zhàn

website

往

wǎng

to go (in a direction)

味道

wèi dao

flavor

温度

wēn dù

temperature

洗衣机

xǐ yī jī

washing machine

响

xiǎng

echo

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