挺
Meanings
- 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
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- 挺
- tǐng · to stand upright, straighten; rigid
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3 · ting3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ting2 · ting5
Cantonese word readings for 挺. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- straight; erect
- to stick out; to straighten up
- to endure; to stand
- to support
- outstanding; prominent
- (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) quite; rather; pretty; somewhat
- (Hokkien) to hold up; to lift; to support (something with the hand)
- (Shanghainese, Suburban Shanghainese Wu) to remain; to be left behind
- Classifier for machine guns.
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese) kind; sort; type
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