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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

Verb

挺身

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tǐngshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ting⁵ san¹
Min Nan (POJ): théng-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - 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
  - 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/