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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

挺直

tǐngzhí

upright; erect

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

upright; erect

02

to straighten up (one's back etc); to hold erect

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 挺直 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 挺直 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

把你的背挺直!bǎ nǐ de bèi tǐng zhí!

No published English translation for this sentence.

我没有办法挺直我的背。wǒ méi yǒu bàn fǎ tǐng zhí wǒ de bèi。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 挺直.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 挺直.

Directly before

  • 背挺直1
  • 办法挺直1

Directly after

  • 挺直我1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 挺直

What does 挺直 mean in Chinese?

挺直 (tǐngzhí) means upright; erect.

How do you pronounce 挺直?

挺直 is pronounced tǐngzhí.

Is 挺直 an HSK word?

挺直 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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