挺身

Chinese

		be straight and stiff; rather (good)	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (挺身)		挺	身
simp. #(挺身)		挺	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǐngshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting⁵ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): théng-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǐngshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǐngshen
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing³-shên¹
    • Yale: tǐng-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiingshen
    • Palladius: тиншэнь (tinšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting⁵ san¹
    • Yale: tíhng sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting⁵ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting⁵ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ¹³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: théng-sin
    • Tâi-lô: thíng-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tefngsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

挺身

1. (literary) to stand upright (as a way of showing that one will not back down)

Derived terms

• 伏地挺身 (fúdì tǐngshēn)
• 挺身而出 (tǐngshēn'érchū)
• 揚眉挺身／扬眉挺身