HSK 5 · Function Words

顶 dǐng “top” in Chinese

Traditional 頂

What 顶 means

  1. top
  2. peak
  3. measure word for hats, tents etc
  4. apex
  5. crown of the head
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • roof
  • most
  • to carry on the head

How to say 顶

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale顶dǐng3rd tone, dipping

顶 in a sentence

  1. 这顶帽子是你的吗？

    Zhè dǐng màozi shì nǐ de ma?

    Is this hat yours?

    Sentence #845802 from Tatoeba

  2. 昨天的天气很冷，所以我戴了一顶帽子。

    Zuótiān de tiānqì hěn lěng, suǒyǐ wǒ dài le yì dǐng màozi.

    It was very cold yesterday, so I wore a hat.

    Sentence #689784 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他们终于到达了山顶。

    Tāmen zhōngyú dàodá le shāndǐng.

    At last, they reached the top of the mountain.

    Sentence #337288 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 顶 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 顶 (dǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
顶dǐngapex
  • 丁part of the characterSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

How to write 顶

顶 8 strokes

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顶 (dǐng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 顶 (dǐng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 顶

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此外cǐwài · besides从而cóng'ér · thus单独dāndú · alone的确díquè · really吨dūn · tonne (loanword)顿dùn · measure word for meals朵duǒ · measure word for flowers and clouds多亏duōkuī · thanks to

FAQs

顶 (dǐng) means “top” or “peak”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dǐng: dǐng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 顶 is written 頂. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 顶 from the suggestions. Typing ding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
顶 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.