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挺

挺

Translingual

Han character

挺 (radical 64 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手弓大土 (QNKG), four-corner 52041, composition ⿰扌廷)

References

  • KangXi: page 432, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12106
  • Dae Jaweon: page 781, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1869, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+633A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 挺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (廷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蜓 *l'eːnʔ, *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
涏 *l'eːns, *l'eːŋʔ
綎 *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l'eːŋ
珽 *l̥ʰeːŋʔ
脡 *l̥ʰeːŋʔ
侹 *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *l̥ʰeːŋs
頲 *l'eːŋʔ
廷 *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
庭 *l'eːŋ
鼮 *l'eːŋ
莛 *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
筳 *l'eːŋ
霆 *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
娗 *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
挺 *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
艇 *l'eːŋʔ
鋌 *l'eːŋʔ
梃 *l'eːŋʔ
誔 *l'eːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ) : semantic 手 ‎(“hand”) + phonetic 廷 ‎(OC *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 挺 挺
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 青 (125) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 特丁切 徒鼎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /deŋ/ /deŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /deŋ/ /deŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dɛŋ/ /dɛŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dɛjŋ/ /dɛjŋX/
Li
Rong		 /deŋ/ /deŋX/
Wang
Li		 /dieŋ/ /dieŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱieŋ/ /dʱieŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tíng dìng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 挺
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tǐng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ thengX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ˤeŋʔ/
English stand up straight

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 挺 挺
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12429 12430
Phonetic
component		 廷 廷
Rime
group		 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 庭 挺
Old
Chinese		 /*l'eːŋ/ /*l'eːŋʔ/

Definitions

挺

  1. to stick out; to straighten up
    挺起胸膛  ―  tǐng qǐ xiōngtáng  ―  to proudly put one's chest out
  2. to endure; to stand
    挺過這道坎兒 / 挺过这道坎儿  ―  tǐng guò zhè dào kǎnr  ―  to persist and overcome this hurdle
  3. (colloquial) quite; rather; pretty
    挺不錯 / 挺不错  ―  tǐng bùcuò  ―  quite good
    挺可愛 / 挺可爱  ―  tǐng kě'ài  ―  quite cute
  4. (colloquial, Taiwan) support
    我是挺你的！  ―  Wǒ shì tǐng nǐ de!  ―  I support you!

Synonyms

  • (quite) (Cantonese) 幾／几 (gei2)

Compounds

  • 伏地挺身
  • 傲然挺立
  • 孤挺花 (gūtǐnghuā)
  • 峻挺
  • 廝挺／厮挺
  • 打挺兒／打挺儿
  • 抬頭挺胸／抬头挺胸
  • 拍馬挺鎗／拍马挺鎗
  • 挺住
  • 挺刑
  • 挺妥
  • 挺尸
  • 挺屍／挺尸
  • 挺拔 (tǐngbá)
  • 挺拔不群
  • 挺挺
  • 挺撅挺橫／挺撅挺横
  • 挺撞
  • 挺然
  • 挺然卓立
  • 挺生
  • 挺直
  • 挺矛 (tǐngmáo)
  • 挺秀
  • 挺立 (tǐnglì)
  • 挺節／挺节
  • 挺胸
  • 挺胸凸肚
  • 挺胸疊肚／挺胸叠肚
  • 挺脫／挺脱
  • 挺腰
  • 挺腰子
  • 挺腳／挺脚
  • 挺舉／挺举
  • 挺解
  • 挺起胸膛
  • 挺身 (tǐngshēn)
  • 挺身而出
  • 挺進／挺进
  • 挺過去／挺过去
  • 揚眉挺身／扬眉挺身
  • 昂頭挺立／昂头挺立
  • 昂首挺立
  • 昂首挺胸
  • 死挺挺
  • 牽挺／牵挺
  • 直挺挺
  • 直而不挺
  • 硬挺 (yìngtǐng)
  • 筆挺／笔挺
  • 英挺
  • 陰挺／阴挺

Japanese

Kanji

挺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

挺 • ‎(jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

挺 (đĩnh)

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References

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