挺
Meanings
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- 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
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Wiktionary
- 1.straight; erect
- 2.to stick out; to straighten up
- 3.to endure; to stand
- 4.to support
- 5.outstanding; prominent
- 6.quite; rather; pretty; somewhat
- 7.to remain; to be left behind
- 8.Classifier for machine guns.
- 9.kind; sort; type
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 廷 (OC *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(p/b)ljaŋ (“straight; straighten”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2003, 2007). Compare Burmese ဖြောင့် (hpraung., “straight”), as well as the following Chinese terms: * 𡈼 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, “good, virtuous; to be good at”) * 庭 (OC *l'eːŋ, “straight (of growing grain), upright (of morality); courtyard”) * 梃 (OC *l'eːŋʔ, “stick, staff, club”) * 筳 (OC *l'eːŋ, “bamboo rod”) * 鋌 (OC *l'eːŋʔ, “metal rod, ingot”) * 珽 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, “jade scepter”) The Sino-Tibetan root is allofamic with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(p/b)ljaŋ (“plank, palm, flat surface, wing”) (whence 平 (OC *ben, *beŋ, “flat, even”)) and Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(p/b)liŋ (“full; to fill”) (whence 盈 (OC *leŋ, “to fill; full, surplus”)), with the semantic core of these roots being a "complete realization of a dimensional quality". The intensifier usage “quite; very” is most likely a grammaticalized usage from “outstanding; prominent” (Liu, 2008; Yang, 2021). Alternatively, it may be from Manchu ᡨᡝᠨ (ten, “extreme”) (Aixinjueluo, 1993).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我挺忙。
I'm pretty busy.
这条路挺险恶。
The road is very treacherous.
汤姆挺受欢迎。
Tom was popular.
我聽說他們挺好。
I hear they're pretty good.
我覺得挺合理的。
This makes sense to me.
这是个挺好的故事。
It was a nice story.
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