HSK 4 HSK C2/W2/V2/V4
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挺

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Definition

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

Example

As an Adjective

erect; straight; upright

1
Zhítǐngtǐng
直挺挺

straight; stiff; bolt upright

As a Verb

stick out; protrude; straighten up (physically)

2
Táitóu
抬头
tǐngxiōng
挺胸

with one's chin up and chest out

3
Tǐngqǐ
挺起
yāobǎn
腰板
lái
来

straighten one's back; straighten up

4
Tǐng
挺
zhāo
着
bózi
脖子

hold one's neck straight; with one's neck stiffened

5
Tǐngxiōng
挺胸

stick/throw out one's chest; square one's shoulders

As a Verb

endure; stand; hold out

6
Wǒ
我
kùn
困
de
得
tǐng
挺
bù
不
zhù
住
le
了
  
。

I was too sleepy to hold out any longer.

7
Tā
她
zhè
这
cháng
场
bìng
病
háishi
还是
gěi
给
tǐng
挺
guòlái
过来
le
了
  
。

She succeeded in pulling through the illness.

8
Tā
他
zài
再
yě
也
tǐng
挺
bù
不
zhù
住
lā
啦
  
。

He cannot stand/bear any more.

9
Tā
他
fà
发
zhāo
着
shāo
烧
hái
还
tǐng
挺
zhāo
着
shàngkè
上课
  
。

He's come to class in spite of his fever.

As an Adjective

outstanding; prominent; extraordinary

As a Measure word

[for machine guns]

As an Adverb

very; rather; pretty; quite