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CHINESE CHARACTER

tǐng

挺

挺

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very

Numbered pinyin
ting3
English meanings
very, rather, quite

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 廷.

  • Left

    扌
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  • Right

    廷
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    • Outside

      廴
    • Inside

      壬
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Meaning & sound clues

扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.

廷 is identified as the sound component (tíng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 挺.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰扌廷

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这běn本shū书tǐnghǎo挺好kàn看de的。

    This book is quite good.

  2. 02

    tā他tǐng挺cōngming聪明de的。

    He is quite smart.

  3. 03

    tiānqì天气tǐnghǎo挺好。

    The weather is quite nice.

  4. 04

    tǐng挺bùcuò不错de的。

    Pretty good.

  5. 05

    tǐng挺lèi累de的。

    Quite tired.

  6. 06

    tǐng挺máng忙de的。

    Quite busy.

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