婷 meaning and stroke order
Attractive, graceful, pretty
How to write 婷, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 婷
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- graceful
How 婷 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Woman.
女 gives the meaning and 亭 hints at the sound.
Radical: 女 (woman), shared by 156 characters on this site.
How to remember 婷
婷 combines 女 (nǚ, woman) with 亭 (tíng), which gives the sound. Picture a woman standing tall and elegant like a graceful pavilion 亭.
婷 is rarely used alone in modern Chinese. It appears mostly in the set phrase 亭亭玉立 (tíngtíng yùlì) and very often in girls' given names. Example: 她叫李婷婷。(Tā jiào Lǐ Tíngtíng.) Her name is Li Tingting.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 婷 with 停 (tíng, to stop) and 亭 (tíng, pavilion), since all three share the same sound and the 亭 part. Remember that only 婷 has the 女 radical, which points to its use for describing women and in girls' names.
婷 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 婷
How many strokes are in 婷?
婷 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 婷 mean?
婷 (tíng) means attractive, graceful, pretty.
How do you pronounce 婷?
婷 is pronounced tíng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 婷?
The radical of 婷 is 女, which carries the idea of "woman". Dictionaries list 婷 under this radical.
Why do so many Chinese girls have 婷 in their names?
Because it means graceful and pretty, parents choose it to wish their daughter elegance. Names like 婷婷 (Tíngtíng) and 雨婷 (Yǔtíng) are very common.
Can I use 婷 by itself to say someone is pretty?
Not usually. In everyday speech people say 漂亮 (piàoliang) or 美 (měi). 婷 mainly appears in names and in literary phrases like 亭亭玉立 or 娉婷 (pīngtíng).