挺 On the HSK 2 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A2. tǐng ㄊㄧㄥˇ straight erect to stick out (a part of the body) to (physically) straighten up to support to withstand outstanding quite coll. very classifier for machine guns Where 挺 is used Example sentences and grammar articles using 挺 Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT