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
- (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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
挺身
- (literary) to stand upright (as a way of showing that one will not back down)