Keyword
top
- peak
- summit
- to upset
- Frequency
- #2182
- Strokes
- 16
Readings
diān
Mnemonic
页 (head) gives the meaning and 真 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
颠覆
to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert
颠倒
to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
不列颠
Britain; British; Great Britain
大不列颠
Great Britain
颠簸
to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence); (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
颠
top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt
神魂颠倒
lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated
颠倒黑白
lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts; to invert right and wrong
颠沛流离
homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
颠倒是非
(idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead
颠儿
(Beijing dialect) to skedaddle; to make oneself scarce
颠沛
to fall over; to stumble; (fig.) to suffer hardship; to be in desperate straits
颠茄
deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
颠扑不破
solid; unbreakable; (fig.) irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable
颠三倒四
confused; disorderly; incoherent
颠鸾倒凤
to have sexual intercourse
颠颠
glad and diligent
颠狂
demented
颠来倒去
to harp on; over and over; merely ring changes on a few terms