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顶

dǐng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 6 Character Traditional 頂

顶 (dǐng) means "top, apex; classifier for hats/caps". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 顶 means

1. apex
2. crown of the head
3. top
4. roof
5. most
6. to carry on the head
7. to push to the top
8. to go against
9. to replace
10. to substitute
11. to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc)
12. slangto "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile
13. classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc

Example sentences

• 他习惯顶嘴。
  Tā xíguàn dǐngzuǐ.
  He is used to talking back.
• 你有点秃顶了。
  Nǐ yǒudiǎn tūdǐng le.
  You have developed a bald spot.
• 法国国王秃顶。
  Fǎguó guówáng tūdǐng.
  The King of France is bald.
• 这顶帽多少钱？
  What is the price of this cap?
• 千斤顶在桌上。
  The car jack was on the table.
• 我们到达了山顶。
  Wǒmen dàodá le shāndǐng.
  We reached the top of the mountain.

Words starting with 顶

• 顶上dǐng shàngon top of; at the summit
• 顶部dǐng bùroof; topmost part; top (of tree, wall etc)
• 顶级dǐng jítop-notch; first-rate
• 顶多dǐng duōat most; at best
• 顶端dǐng duānsummit; peak
• 顶尖dǐng jiānpeak; apex; world best
• 顶峰dǐng fēngpeak; summit; fig. high point
• 顶层dǐng céngtop floor; the top of a building
• 顶住dǐng zhùto withstand; to stand up to
• 顶楼dǐng lóutop floor; attic; loft
• 顶点dǐng diǎnsummit; peak; (math) vertex
• 顶替dǐng tìto replace
• 顶撞dǐng zhuàngto contradict (elders or superiors)
• 顶风dǐng fēngto face into the wind; against the wind; fig. against the law
• 顶天立地dǐng tiān lì dìlit. able to support both heaven and earth; of indomitable spirit (idiom)
• 顶头上司dǐng tóu shàng sione's immediate superior
• 顶嘴dǐng zuǐto talk back; to answer back
• 顶礼膜拜dǐng lǐ mó bàito prostrate oneself in worship (idiom); (fig.) to worship; to bow down to
• 顶梁柱dǐng liáng zhùpillar; backbone
• 顶灯dǐng dēngdome light (of a taxi etc); ceiling light (in a room); interior light (of a car)
• 顶事dǐng shìuseful; fitting
• 顶包dǐng bāoto serve as forced labor; to take the rap for sb
• 顶天dǐng tiānto reach the upper limit
• 顶手dǐng shǒuto take over (a lease, shop or business from the previous tenant) (originally Cantonese)

Words containing 顶

• 头顶tóu dǐngtop of the head
• 屋顶wū dǐngroof
• 山顶shān dǐnghilltop
• 房顶fáng dǐnghousetop; roof
• 楼顶lóu dǐngtop of a building
• 透顶tòu dǐngout-and-out; thoroughly
• 车顶chē dǐngcar roof
• 秃顶tū dǐngbald head
• 绝顶jué dǐng(lit. and fig.) summit; peak; extremely; utterly
• 尖顶jiān dǐngpointed object; cusp; pinnacle
• 峰顶fēng dǐngsummit; crest
• 圆顶yuán dǐngdome
• 封顶fēng dǐngto put a roof (on a building); to cap the roof (finishing a building project)…
• 机顶盒jī dǐng héset-top box
• 灭顶之灾miè dǐng zhī zāi(idiom) catastrophic disaster; devastating calamity
• 平顶píng dǐngflat roof
• 天顶tiān dǐngzenith
• 拿顶ná dǐngto do a handstand
• 方顶fāng dǐngsquare roof
• 登顶dēng dǐng(lit. and fig.) to get to the top
• 置顶zhì dǐngto sticky (an Internet forum thread etc)
• 谢顶xiè dǐngto go bald
• 灭顶miè dǐngto be drowned (figurative and literal)
• 个顶个gè dǐng gè(dialect) each one; every one

Characters that look like 顶

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 项xiàngback of neck; item; thing
• 围wéito encircle; to surround; all around
• 浑húnmuddy; turbid; brainless; foolish; (bound form) simple; natural
• 茂màoluxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
• 顷qǐngunit of area equal to 100 亩; a short while; a little while ago
• 荫yīn(bound form) shade (of a tree)

Sounds the same

Read dǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鼎ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect)…
• 酊used in 酩酊

Where 顶 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Miscellaneous Objects, Places & Terms B (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dǐng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.