顶 (頂) dǐng

1. dǐng noun top; peak
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 顶 is synonymous with 颠 in this sense. Etymology (Shuo Wen): 頂：顚也。(Guoyu '頂' n 2; Kroll 2015 '頂' 2; NCCED '顶' 2; Unihan '頂')
2. dǐng noun to replace; to substitute
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 代替 (Guoyu '頂' v 5; NCCED '顶' 11)
3. dǐng measure word measure word for things that have a top
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '頂' n 3; NCCED '顶' 5)
4. dǐng verb to carry on one's head
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '頂' v 1; Kroll 2015 '頂' 3; NCCED '顶' 6; Unihan '頂')
5. dǐng verb to point one's head at
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 頂禮 (Kroll 2015 '頂' 1b)
6. dǐng verb to be equivalent to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '顶' 9)
7. dǐng adverb most; very
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 最 or 非常; for example, 顶好 'very good' (Guoyu '頂' adv; NCCED '顶' 4; Unihan '頂')
8. dǐng noun crown; top of the head
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 头顶; for example, the idiom 摩顶放踵 'to rub one's head and heels [to slave for the benefit of others]' (CC-CEDICT '摩頂放踵'; Guoyu '頂' n 1; Kroll 2015 '頂' 1; NCCED '顶' 1)
9. dǐng noun to be the best of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '頂' 2a)
10. dǐng noun limit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '顶' 3)
11. dǐng verb to push up; to support
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 抵住 or 支撑 (Guoyu '頂' v 2; NCCED '顶' 7)
12. dǐng verb to stand up to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '顶' 8)
13. dǐng verb to stand; to bear
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '顶' 10)
14. dǐng verb to transfer ownership
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '頂' v 6; NCCED '顶' 12)
15. dǐng verb to butt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '顶' 13)
16. dǐng noun to go against; to face danger
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 冒着 (Guoyu '頂' v 4; NCCED '顶' 14)
17. dǐng noun to turn down; to retort
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '顶' 15)
18. dǐng noun to talk back; to answer back
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 頂嘴 (Guoyu '頂' v 3)

Contained in

• 白顶玄鸥(白頂玄鷗) brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
• 白腰朱顶雀(白腰朱頂雀) common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
• 顶戴(頂戴) cap badge
• 秃顶(禿頂) bald head
• 红顶绿鸠(紅頂綠鳩) whistling green pigeon (Treron formosae)
• 顶替(頂替) to change names
• 拱顶(拱頂) an arched roof
• 顶杆(頂桿) top bar; crown bar
• 顶上(頂上) on top of/at the summit
• 一顶(一頂) one unit ; one touch
• 顶针(頂針) thimble
• 白顶溪鸲(白頂溪鴝) white-capped redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus)
• 盔顶(盔頂) a style of Chinese roof
• 顶谢(頂謝) to bow in thanks
• 棚顶(棚頂) canopy; roof; ceiling
• 顶礼(頂禮) to bow in a kneeling position with head touching the ground
• 顶挡(頂擋) to resist; to obstruct; to bear responsibility for
• 顶住(頂住) to withstand; to stand up to
• 黄嘴朱顶雀(黃嘴朱頂雀) twite (Linaria flavirostris)
• 顶梁柱(頂梁柱) backbone; spine
• 顶头(頂頭) to come directly towards one; top; immediate (superior)
• 顶天立地(頂天立地) tall and heroic
• 棕顶树莺(棕頂樹鶯) grey-sided bush warbler (Cettia brunnifrons)
• 冒顶(冒頂) (mining) roof fall; to have the roof cave in
• 顶级(頂級) top level
• 伪顶(偽頂) false roof
• 黑顶麻雀(黑頂麻雀) saxaul sparrow (Passer ammodendri)
• 顶骨(頂骨) parietal bone (top of the scull)
• 宝顶(寶頂) baoding
• 摩顶(摩頂) to make a prediction about becoming a great hero
• 顶尖(頂尖) peak; apex
• 妇女能顶半边天(婦女能頂半邊天) Woman can hold up half the sky / nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
• 醍醐灌顶(醍醐灌頂) to anoint your head with the purest cream; to enlighten people with perfect wisdom; flawless Buddhist teaching
• 顶楼(頂樓) top floor; attic; loft; garret; penthouse; (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
• 机顶盒(機頂盒) set-top box; decoder for digital or satellite TV signal etc
• 歇顶(歇頂) to be balding; to be thinning on top
• 顶盖(頂蓋) roof; lid
• 山顶洞人(山頂洞人) Upper Cave Man
• 对流层顶(對流層頂) tropopause; top of troposphere
• 顶峰(頂峰) a peak; a summit; a high point
• 顶格(頂格) (typesetting) to not indent; to set the text flush with the left (or top) margin
• 聪明绝顶(聰明絕頂) highly intelligent
• 白顶鵖(白頂鵖) pied wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
• 楼顶(樓頂) top of a building
• 谢顶(謝頂) to go bald
• 丹顶鹤(丹頂鶴) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
• 顶架(頂架) cabin
• 顶棚(頂棚) ceiling

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• 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 39
• 卷三百三十一 列傳第二百十九 西域三 Volume 331 Biographies 219: Western Regions 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 23
• 卷一百四十九 志第一百〇二 輿服一 Volume 149 Treatises 102: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
• 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 9
• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 8
• 卷十七　　　　　志第七　　　　禮樂七 Volume 17 Treatises 7: Rites and Music 7 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 8
• 卷四十三　志第二十四:　輿服上 天子車輅、皇后妃嬪車輦、皇太子車制、王公以下車制及鞍勒飾 輿服中 天子袞冕 視朝之服 皇后冠服 皇太子冠服 宗室及外戚並一品命婦 臣下朝服 祭服 公服 輿服下 衣服通制 Volume 43 Treatises 24: Carriages and Clothing 1 - Emperor's Carriages, Empress' and Consorts' Carriages; Crown Prince's Carriages; Princes, Dukes, and below Carriages and Saddlery; Carriages and Clothing 2 - Emperors' Robes and Crowns; Clothing for those Accompanying the Emperor; Empresses' Crown and Clothing; Crown Princes' Crown and Clothing; Dress for the Imperial Clan, Families of Imperial Consorts, and Titled Nobility; Court Dress for Officials; Ceremonial Clothing; Official Clothing; Carriages and Clothing 3 - Tailoring History of Jin 金史 — count: 7
• 卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 7
• 卷二百二十二下 列傳第一百四十七下 南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 5
• 第一回 Chapter 1 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5

Collocations

• 空顶 (空頂) 空頂介幘 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress — count: 23
• 顶黑 (頂黑) 則空頂黑介幘 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 — count: 13
• 顶帻 (頂幘) 童子空頂幘 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷十七 志第九 輿服 Volume 17 Treatises 9: Caraiges and Dress — count: 7
• 顶介 (頂介) 空頂介幘 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress — count: 5
• 执顶 (執頂) 右執頂 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷十七　　　　　志第七　　　　禮樂七 Volume 17 Treatises 7: Rites and Music 7 — count: 5
• 顶龙 (頂龍) 金塗銀頂龍一 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百四十九 志第一百〇二 輿服一 Volume 149 Treatises 102: Carriages and Clothes 1 — count: 3
• 顶之上 (頂之上) 當中國人頂之上 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷三十五 志第十五: 天文上 Volume 35 Treatises 15: Astronomy 1 — count: 3
• 顶中 (頂中) 頂中復有面 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十五 東夷列傳 Volume 85: Treatise on the Dongyi — count: 3
• 顶及 (頂及) 鑿頂及背 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十 列傳第四十四 文學下 Volume 50: Men of Letters 2 — count: 3
• 银顶 (銀頂) 金塗銀頂龍一 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百四十九 志第一百〇二 輿服一 Volume 149 Treatises 102: Carriages and Clothes 1 — count: 3