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封顶

fēng dǐng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 封頂

封顶 (fēng dǐng) means "to put a roof (on a building); to cap the roof (finishing a building project); fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 封顶 means

1. to put a roof (on a building)
2. to cap the roof (finishing a building project)
3. fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc)
4. to top off
5. fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates)
6. to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)

The characters in 封顶

• 封fēngto confer; to grant; to bestow a title
• 顶dǐngapex; crown of the head; top

Words starting with 封顶

• 封顶仪式fēng dǐng yí shìceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)

Sounds the same

Read fēng dǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 峰顶summit; crest

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