HSK 4 · Function Words

挺 tǐng “quite” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 挺 means

  1. quite
  2. very
  3. rather
  4. straight
  5. erect
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to stick out (a part of the body)
  • to (physically) straighten up
  • to support
  • to withstand

How to say 挺

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale挺tǐng3rd tone, dipping

挺 in a sentence

  1. 我挺好的，你呢？

    Wǒ tǐng hǎo de, nǐ ne?

    I’m fine. And you?

    Sentence #9954864 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 天气挺冷的。

    Tiānqì tǐng lěng de.

    It’s pretty cold.

    Sentence #358977 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我挺喜欢那个歌手的。

    Wǒ tǐng xǐhuan nà ge gēshǒu de.

    I like that singer a lot.

    Sentence #395055 from Tatoeba

How 挺 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 挺 (tǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
挺tǐngstraight
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 廷courtyard · tíngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 廷 (tíng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tǐng.

How to write 挺

挺 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

挺 (tǐng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 挺 (tǐng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 挺

Words with 挺

挺拔tǐngbá · tall and straight

More words: Particles & Connectors

随便suíbiàn · as one wishes随着suízhe · along with所有suǒyǒu · all台tái · measure word for machines (a TV完全wánquán · complete往往wǎngwǎng · usually无论wúlùn · no matter what or how许多xǔduō · many

FAQs

挺 (tǐng) means “quite” or “very”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tǐng: tǐng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 挺 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ting with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 挺 from the suggestions. Typing ting into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
挺 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.