挺身

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
simp. and trad. (挺身)		挺	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǐngshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting⁵ san¹
• Min Nan (POJ): théng-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tǐngshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiingshen
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting⁵ san¹
    • Yale: tíhng sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting⁵ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting⁵ sen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ¹³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: théng-sin
    • Tâi-lô: thíng-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tefngsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/

Verb

挺身

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