颠 - diān - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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19 strokes
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顛 (颠)

diān

Definition

top (of the head)
apex
to fall forwards
inverted
to jolt

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

癲

diān

mentally deranged; crazy

summit

to fall; to stamp (one's foot); to toss; to throw

Related words (27)

顛倒

diān dǎo

to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy

顛沛

diān pèi

destitute; difficulty; hardship; trouble

demented

to shake; to jolt; to bump

顛茄

diān qié

deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

顛覆

diān fù

to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; (fig.) to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert

顛踣

diān bó

to fall down; to fall forward

illogical

glad and diligent

to lose face

crime of incitement to overthrow the state; abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權

顛三倒四

diān sān dǎo sì

confused; disorderly; incoherent

顛倒是非

diān dǎo shì fēi

to invert right and wrong

to invert

solid; irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable; unbreakable

顛來倒去

diān lái dǎo qù

to harp on; over and over; merely ring changes on a few terms

wrecker; saboteur

to have sexual intercourse

顛覆國家罪

diān fù guó jiā zuì

crime of incitement to overthrow the state; abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權

顛覆政府罪

diān fù zhèng fǔ zuì

crime of incitement to overthrow the state; abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權

野顛茄

yě diān qié

deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

ecstatic; overjoyed

(lit.) jolting buttocks; (colloquial intensifier) groveling; eager; compliant; smug

跑跑顛顛

pǎo pǎo diān diān

to work hectically; to be on the go; to run around attending to various tasks

煽動顛覆國家罪

shān dòng diān fù guó jiā zuì

crime of conspiring to overthrow the state

陰謀顛覆政府罪

yīn móu diān fù zhèng fǔ zuì

the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government

煽動顛覆國家政權

shān dòng diān fù guó jiā zhèng quán

incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech)

Idioms (4)

顛倒黑白

diān dǎo hēi bái

(lit.) to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts; to invert right and wrong

顛沛流離

diān pèi liú lí

homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift

流離顛沛

liú lí diān pèi

destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means

神魂顛倒

shén hún diān dǎo

(lit.) spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated

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