diān
Traditional: 顛
颠 (diān) is a Chinese word meaning “top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards”.
Meanings
- 1top (of the head)
- 2apex
- 3to fall forwards
- 4inverted
- 5to jolt
Related words
颠倒to turn upside down颠覆to topple (i.e. knock over)颠簸to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence)不列颠Britain大不列颠Great Britain颠倒黑白lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately颠倒是非(idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead颠沛流离homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight颠来倒去to harp on颠扑不破solid; unbreakable乐颠了馅ecstatic; overjoyed屁颠屁颠lit. jolting buttocks