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

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 ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/

Verb

挺身

(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

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