挺
tǐng
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

挺
tǐng
  1. 1 straight
  2. 2 erect
  3. 3 to stick out (a part of the body)
  4. 4 to (physically) straighten up
  5. 5 to support
  6. 6 to withstand
  7. 7 outstanding
  8. 8 (coll.) quite
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 classifier for machine guns
丫挺
yā tǐng
  1. 1 (Beijing dialect) bastard
  2. 2 damned
力挺
lì tǐng
  1. 1 to support
  2. 2 to back
坚挺
jiān tǐng
  1. 1 firm and upright
  2. 2 strong (of currency)
挺住
tǐng zhù
  1. 1 to stand firm
  2. 2 to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)

Idioms (1)

昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
  1. 1 head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
  2. 2 in fine mettle (of animal)

Sample Sentences

这儿看上去规模挺大的。有多少工人啊？
zhèr kànshangqu guīmó tǐng dà de 。yǒu duōshao gōngrén a ？
It looks quite big. How many workers are there in the factory?
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嗯，你真会做人啊！我听说上海外滩挺好玩的。
en ，nǐ zhēn huì zuòrén a ！wǒ tīngshuō Shànghǎi Wàitān tǐng hǎowán de 。
Well, you are really sociable. I heard that Shanghai Bund is quite fun.
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我觉得我们公司的员工最近挺辛苦的。
wǒ juéde wǒmen gōngsī de yuángōng zuìjìn tǐng xīnkǔ de 。
I think that our employees have been working really hard recently.
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你不是跟我说，她平常态度挺好的吗？想不到是只笑面虎啊。
nǐ búshi gēn wǒ shuō ，tā píngcháng tàidu tǐng hǎo de ma ？xiǎngbudào shì zhī xiàomiànhǔ a 。
Didn't you say she usually has a good attitude? I had no idea that she's a wolf in sheep's skin.
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平常看他挺老实的，谁也没想到他会干出这样偷鸡摸狗的事。
píngcháng kàn tā tǐng lǎoshi de ，shéi yě méixiǎngdào tā huì gàn chū zhèyàng tōujīmōgǒu de shì 。
He seems to be an honest person so no one expected that he would do such a stealthy thing.
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此事一传开，很多人觉得挺新鲜。考察一番发现，这个创意有三个可取之处。
cǐ shì yī chuánkāi ，hěnduō rén juéde tǐng xīnxiān 。kǎochá yīfān fāxiàn ，zhège chuàngyì yǒu sān ge kěqǔzhīchù 。
As soon as news of the matter spread, many people felt the idea was refreshing . And if we look deeper, this idea has three benefits.
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比如一个曾经喜欢的大号开始明目张胆的发广告维密超模都爱用，除了口红就是它，不点开吧，挺好奇，点开吧，原来是在推销一款刷毛器。
bǐrú yī ge céngjīng xǐhuan de dàhào kāishǐ míngmùzhāngdǎn de fā guǎnggào WéiMì chāomó dōu ài yòng ，chúle kǒuhóng jiùshì tā ，bù diǎn kāi ba ，tǐng hàoqí ，diǎn kāi ba ，yuán lái shì zài tuīxiāo yī kuǎn shuā máo qì 。
For example, a once-loved large-scale startup started to advertise blatantly. "Super models love to use lipstick - besides lipstick they love to use "it," If you don't click on the link, your'e curious. Open it and It turns out to be an offer selling a clothes brush.
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你真是太老土了。我倒觉得吃自助挺卫生的，先取好菜再用餐，就不用和别人的筷子一起在菜里搅来搅去的了。
nǐ zhēn shì tài lǎotǔ le 。wǒ dǎo juéde chī zìzhù tǐng wèishēng de ，xiān qǔ hǎo cài zài yòngcān ，jiù bùyòng hé biéren de kuàizi yīqǐ zài cài lǐ jiǎo lái jiǎo qù de le 。
You’re too old fashioned. On the contrary I think a buffet meal is hygienic. You don’t have to mix your chopsticks with other people’s in the same dish.
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每天在值晚班准备打烊的时候，总会有一位女孩儿来买杯热拿铁外带。女孩儿的容貌挺漂亮，看上去气质也好，就是穿着打扮比较特别。2014年夏天的杭州那样炎热，她还是时常穿着一件复古风格的外套，看着有点儿像30年代的上海仕女穿越到现代的感觉。
měitiān zài zhí wǎn bān zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，zǒng huì yǒu yī wèi nǚháiēr lái mǎi bēi rè nátiě wàidài 。nǚháiēr de róngmào tǐng piàoliang ，kànshangqu qìzhì yě hǎo ，jiùshì chuānzhuódǎbàn bǐjiào tèbié 。èrlíngyīsì nián xiàtiān de Hángzhōu nàyàng yánrè ，tā háishi shícháng chuānzhuó yī jiàn fùgǔ fēnggé de wàitào ，kàn zhe yǒudiǎnr xiàng sānlíng niándài de Shànghǎi shìnǚ chuānyuè dào xiàndài de gǎnjué 。
There was always a girl who came to the shop and ordered a cup of latte to go when QinYu was working the night shift and was about to close. She had quite a pretty face and she looked elegant, although her outfit was somehow special. In 2014, the summer in Hangzhou was pretty hot, but she’s still wearing the vintage style jacket all the time. She looked a bit like a Shanghai lady in the 1930s, traveling to the present.
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还挺不错，皮子手感很好，样子也和图片一模一样，没有色差。
hái tǐng búcuò ，pízi shǒugǎn hěn hǎo ，yàngzi yě hé túpiàn yīmóyīyàng ，méiyǒu sèchā 。
Pretty good. The leather feels comfortable. The real thing and picture look exactly the same. There is no difference in the color.
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