挺 (ting5 ting2 | ting3) : erect; straighten up; endure; outstanding

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ting5 ting2

ting3

[1] erect; straight; upright
[2] straighten up (physically); protrude
[3] endure; hold out; stand
[4] outstanding; prominent; extraordinary
[5] very; rather; pretty; quite
[6] classifier for machine guns

Jyutping ting5 is more commonly accepted as the standard reading; ting2 is the variant.

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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This word has been viewed 6589 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Sep 2010 02:31

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挺直 ting5 zik6 = stand upright

挺拔 ting5 bat6 ting3 ba2 = tall and straight

挺立 ting5 laap6 ting3 li4 = to stand up straight; to stand upright; to stand erect

挺身 ting5 san1 ting3 shen1 = stand up to

西裝筆挺 sai1 zong1 bat1 ting5 xi1 zhuang1 bi3 ting3 = dressed in a well-ironed, trim suit

英挺 jing1 ting5 ying1 ting3 = dashing; stylish; smart-looking

挺進 ting5 zeon3 ting3 jin4 = to progress, to advance, to drive on boldly, to press onward

挺好 ting2 hou2 ting3 hao3 = quite good 國

力挺 lik6 ting5 li4 ting3 = to support; to back

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 挺
Unicode code for this character: U+633a (off-site link)

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