挺
tǐng HSK2

to stand upright

挺 tǐng
quite adverb
very or rather (colloquial degree adverb)

这个主意挺不错的。

zhè gè zhǔ​yi tǐng bù​cuò de.

This is a pretty good idea.

classifier (guns) measure word
measure word for machine guns

阵地上架着一挺机枪。

zhèn​dì shàng jià zhe yī tǐng jī​qiāng.

A machine gun was set up at the position.

straight verb
straight, erect, or to physically straighten up or stick out a body part

他挺起胸膛向前走去。

tā tǐng qǐ xiōng​táng xiàng​qián zǒu​qù.

He puffed out his chest and walked forward.

withstand verb
to support, endure, or hold out against difficulty

虽然任务艰巨，但我们必须挺住。

suī​rán rèn​wu jiān​jù, dàn wǒ​men bì​xū tǐng zhù.

Although the task is difficult, we must hold on.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,467th most common 75.5 per million
Movie subtitles
744th most common 170.9 per million appears in 55% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
226.6 per million appears in 53% of films
Written text
123.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+633A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)