挺

挺 U+633A, 挺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-633A
← 挹
[U+6339] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 挻 →
[U+633B]

Translingual

Han character

挺 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手弓大土 (QNKG), four-corner 52041, composition ⿰扌廷)

Derived characters
  • 𮐄

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

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 挺
alternative forms 𡈼 ancient

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

Note:
  • thán/thíⁿ - vernacular;
  • tháⁿ - vernacular (俗);
  • théng - literary.
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ting4 ding6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 挺
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tǐng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ thengX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ˁeŋʔ/
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
    挺起條腰／挺起条腰 [Cantonese]  ―  ting5 hei2 tiu4 jiu1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. to endure; to stand
    我挺不住了。  ―  Wǒ tǐng bùzhù le.  ―  I can no longer endure this.
    挺過這道坎兒／挺过这道坎儿  ―  tǐng guò zhè dào kǎnr  ―  to persist and overcome this hurdle
  3. to support
    我是挺你的！  ―  Wǒ shì tǐng nǐ de!  ―  I support you!
  4. straight; erect
    筆挺／笔挺  ―  bǐtǐng  ―  straight; erect
  5. outstanding; prominent
  6. (colloquial) quite; rather; pretty; very
    挺不錯／挺不错  ―  tǐng bùcuò  ―  quite good
    挺可愛／挺可爱  ―  tǐng kě'ài  ―  quite cute
  7. Classifier for machine guns.
Synonyms
  • (quite) (Cantonese) 幾／几 (gei2)
Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 很, 非常, 十分
Mandarin Beijing 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
Taiwan 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
Tianjin 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
Jinan 挺, 楞
Xi'an 很
Wuhan 蠻, 很
Chengdu 很, 好
Chongqing 很
Yangzhou 蠻, 稀, 很
Hefei 很
Malaysia 很
Singapore 很, 蠻, 非常
Cantonese Guangzhou 好, 非常之
Hong Kong 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 好
Taishan 好, 十分之
Yangjiang 好
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 好
Singapore (Guangfu) 好, 非常之, 非常
Gan Nanchang 蠻
Hakka Meixian 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
Huidong (Daling) 好
Wuhua (Meilin) 好
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頂
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 好
Changting 野
Wuping (Pingyu) 已, 刮
Liancheng 樣
Ninghua 好
Ruijin 蠻
Shicheng 蠻
Shangyou (Shexi) 蠻
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 當, 已, 還
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蓋, 盡, 還
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 當, 盡, 已, 還
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 當, 已, 還
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 當, 已, 還
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 足, 真, 實在
Hong Kong 好
Sabah (Bao'an) 好
Kuching (Hepo) 很
Singapore (Dabu) 好
Jin Taiyuan 很, 挺
Min Bei Jian'ou 盡
Min Dong Fuzhou 野, 真
Singapore (Fuqing) 真
Sitiawan (Gutian) 真
Min Nan Xiamen 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正
Xiamen (Tong'an) 真
Quanzhou 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人
Jinjiang 野
Zhangzhou 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人
Zhao'an 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
Dongshan 真, 非常
Taipei 真, 誠
New Taipei (Sanxia) 真, 誠
Kaohsiung 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
Yilan 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
Changhua (Lukang) 真, 誠
Taichung 誠, 蓋, 足
Tainan 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
Hsinchu 真, 誠
Kinmen 足, 誠
Penghu (Magong) 真, 誠
Penang (Hokkien) 真, 誠, 真正
Singapore (Hokkien) 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
Manila (Hokkien) 野, 真, 萬代, 真正
Chaozhou 過, 好, 非常, 死爸
Shantou 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
Shantou (Chenghai) 好, 死絕
Shantou (Chaoyang) 好, 非常
Jieyang 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
Bangkok (Teochew) 好
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 好
Singapore (Teochew) 真, 死爸, 非常
Wenchang 極, 但顧, 真
Haikou 但顧
Qionghai 但顧, 真
Singapore (Hainanese) 但顧, 真
Wu Shanghai 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
Suzhou 蠻, 窮
Hangzhou 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
Ningbo 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𠊉好, 𠊉派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
Zhoushan 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
Wenzhou 蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang Changsha 很, 蠻
Shuangfeng 蠻

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

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

Definitions

挺

  1. (Cantonese) kind; sort; type

Japanese

Kanji
挺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
挺
ちょう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Counter

挺(ちょう) • (-chō) 

  1. long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, candles, inksticks

Compounds
  • 空(くう)挺(てい) (kūtei): airborne

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

挺: Hán Nôm readings: đĩnh

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References
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