挺举 (tǐng jǔ) — clean and jerk (in weightlifting) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

clean and jerk (in weightlifting)

Examples

挺举。
Tā zài ào yùn huì tǐng jǔ bǐ sài zhōng dǎ pò le shì jiè jì lù.
He broke the world record in the clean and jerk competition at the Olympics.
挺举。
Jiào liàn ràng tā bǎ tǐng jǔ de zhòng liàng jiā dào yì bǎi wǔ shí gōng jīn.
The coach told him to increase the clean and jerk weight to 150 kilograms.
挺举。
Zhè míng yùn dòng yuán de tǐng jǔ jì shù fēi cháng biāo zhǔn.
This athlete's clean and jerk technique is very standard.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

挺tǐngstraighten

挺 means to straighten and 举 means to lift, naming a lifting action.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

廷

廷tíng挺tǐng

Same sound today

挺 combines 手, a hand, with 廷, which gives its sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 舉; 举 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

與

與yǔ舉jǔ

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 舉 pairs 與, which gives the sound, with 手, a hand; the simplified 举 is a later shorthand.

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