挺
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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
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 手 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 挺
- Common rank
- #2,223
- Unicode
- U+633A
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
erect · Heisig RSH #2115
fingers + 廷 royal court
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 挺
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挺身而出 | to step forward bravely | |
| 打挺儿 | to arch one's body and fling one's head back | |
| 伏地挺身 | (Tw) push-up (exercise) | |
| 挺而走险 | variant of 鋌而走險|铤而走险[ting3 er2 zou3 xian3] | |
| 力挺 | to strongly support; to firmly back | |
| 挺身 | to straighten one's back | |
| 昂首挺胸 | head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits; in fine mettle (of animal) | |
| 挺好 | very good | |
| 挺立 | to stand erect; to stand upright | |
| 挺进 | progress; to advance | |
| 挺直 | upright; erect; to straighten up (one's back etc); to hold erect | |
| 叶挺 | Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader | |
| 笔挺 | (standing) very straight; straight as a ramrod; bolt upright; well-ironed; trim | |
| 鲤鱼打挺 | (martial arts, gymnastics) to kip up (spring upright from supine without hands); (fig.) to… | |
| 挺住 | to stand firm; to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain) | |
| 挺举 | clean and jerk (weightlifting technique) | |
| 硬挺 | to endure with all one's will; to hold out; rigid; stiff | |
| 挺杆 | tappet (machine part) | |
| 挺腰 | to straighten one's back; to arch one's back | |
| 劲挺 | strong |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 廷 — compare how they read.