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颠 diān

peak, summit, top; to upset

Strokes
16
Level
HSK 6
Radical
页
Traditional
顛
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 真页 ⿰真页

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  1. 山路很颠簸，车开得很慢。
    Shānlù hěn diānbǒ, chē kāi de hěn màn.
    The mountain road is very bumpy, the car is driving slowly.
    mountain-road very bumpy, car drive (particle) very slow
  2. 船在海上颠簸得厉害吗？
    Chuán zài hǎishàng diānbǒ de lìhai ma?
    Is the boat rocking badly on the sea?
    boat at sea-on bump (particle) severe (question)
  3. 别把顺序颠倒了。
    Bié bǎ shùnxù diāndǎo le.
    Don't reverse the order.
    don't (object-marker) order reverse (particle)
  4. 这次旅程并不颠簸，很平稳。
    Zhè cì lǚchéng bìng bù diānbǒ, hěn píngwěn.
    This trip wasn't bumpy at all, it was very smooth.
    this time journey not (particle) not bumpy, very smooth
  5. 在崎岖的山路上，汽车颠簸了好几个小时。
    Zài qíqū de shānlù shàng, qìchē diānbǒle hǎo jǐ ge xiǎoshí.
    On the rugged mountain road, the car bumped along for several hours.
    at rugged (particle) mountain-road on, car bump (particle) quite few (measure) hour

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