<p><strong>挺</strong> /tǐng/ = <strong>quite</strong>; rather</p>
<p>If a man is 170 cm tall, he is of above-average height for a Chinese male (164.8 cm), and we can describe him as 挺高. But it is not that rare. On the other hand, a Chinese male over 190 cm tall has to be considered 很高</p>
<p>We only describe 姚明 as 很高 (very tall), never 挺高 (quite tall), I mean, he is really tall.</p>
<p>More example:</p>
<p>85% mark is 挺高分數 (quite a high mark - high but not rare); 95% is 很高分數 (a very high mark)</p>
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<p><em>How would you translate “He is somewhat tall?”</em></p>
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<p>他人挺高的 (he is quite tall)</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>He is tall.
他很高。</p>
<p>He is somewhat tall.<br />
他有点儿高。</p>

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<p>I think my teacher said that to translate &quot;He is somewhat/so-so/not really tall&quot; we would say &quot;他ping高.&quot; I was wondering if anyone could help me find the character for &quot;ping&quot; because I am not really sure.</p>
<p>I have tried to look for it but all the definitions I found for &quot;ping&quot; don't really sound like they mean &quot;somewhat/so-so/not really. For example, I have tried 坪, 评,平,凭,瓶,冯,娉 because they all have pinyin &quot;ping&quot; but they don't seem to mean &quot;somewhat/so-so/not really.&quot; Can anyone please help? I have tried Google Translate but it has not really worked out. It would be greatly appreciated.</p>

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How would you translate "He is somewhat tall?"
# How would you translate "He is somewhat tall?"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-05-23)

I think my teacher said that to translate "He is somewhat/so-so/not really tall" we would say "他ping高." I was wondering if anyone could help me find the character for "ping" because I am not really sure.

I have tried to look for it but all the definitions I found for "ping" don't really sound like they mean "somewhat/so-so/not really. For example, I have tried 坪, 评,平,凭,瓶,冯,娉 because they all have pinyin "ping" but they don't seem to mean "somewhat/so-so/not really." Can anyone please help? I have tried Google Translate but it has not really worked out. It would be greatly appreciated.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-05-23. Score: 2

**挺** /tǐng/ = **quite**; rather

If a man is 170 cm tall, he is of above-average height for a Chinese male (164.8 cm), and we can describe him as 挺高. But it is not that rare. On the other hand, a Chinese male over 190 cm tall has to be considered 很高

We only describe 姚明 as 很高 (very tall), never 挺高 (quite tall), I mean, he is really tall.

More example:

85% mark is 挺高分數 (quite a high mark - high but not rare); 95% is 很高分數 (a very high mark)

> *How would you translate “He is somewhat tall?”*

他人挺高的 (he is quite tall)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-05-23. Score: 0

He is tall.
他很高。

He is somewhat tall.  
他有点儿高。


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