Chinese symbol for “topple”
颠覆
diān fù
Traditional: 顛覆
to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for topple is 颠覆 (diān fù), defined as: to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “topple”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冲垮 (衝垮) | chōng kuǎ | to burst; to break through |
| 倾颓 (傾頹) | qīng tuí | to collapse; to topple |
| 冧 | lín | (Cantonese) to topple; to collapse |
| 倾翻 (傾翻) | qīng fān | to overturn; to topple |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 颠覆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颠倒 (顛倒) | diān dǎo | to turn upside down; to reverse |
| 颠簸 (顛簸) | diān bǒ | to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence); (fig.) to undergo a rough experience |
| 神魂颠倒 (神魂顛倒) | shén hún diān dǎo | lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated |
| 颠倒黑白 (顛倒黑白) | diān dǎo hēi bái | lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts |
| 颠沛流离 (顛沛流離) | diān pèi liú lí | homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift |
| 覆盖 (覆蓋) | fù gài | to cover |
| 回覆 | huí fù | to reply (by letter, email etc); reply; answer |
| 覆盖率 (覆蓋率) | fù gài lǜ | coverage (proportion covered) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “topple”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.