Processing circuitry receives a coded video bitstream comprising coded information of a current block in a current picture, the coded information is indicative of an AMVP-merge mode, the AMVP-merge mode uses a bi-directional predictor including an AMVP predictor in a first direction and a merge predictor in a second direction. The processing circuitry constructs an AMVP candidate list that includes a plurality of AMVP candidates for the AMVP predictor and constructs a merge candidate list that includes a plurality of merge candidates for the merge predictor. The merge candidate list includes an SbTMVP candidate. The processing circuitry determines the AMVP predictor from the AMVP candidate list, determines the merge predictor from the merge candidate list, and reconstructs the current block according to a combination of a first prediction according to the AMVP predictor in the first direction and a second prediction according to the merge predictor in the second direction.