颠簸 diānbǒ▶ ชน; กอง

Stroke order

颠簸 is written in 35 strokes across 2 characters.

• 颠 — 16 strokes
• 簸 — 19 strokes

Senses

1. to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence)
2. (fig.) to undergo a rough experience

Related words

• 颠倒กลับหัวกลับหาง, คว่ำ

颠簸 is pronounced diānbǒ and means “ชน; กอง”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 颠簸 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.