封頂

Chinese

		to confer; to grant; to seal to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)	go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")
trad. (封頂)		封	頂
simp. (封顶)		封	顶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngdǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄉㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ deng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngdǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongdǐng
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-ting³
    • Yale: fēng-dǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengdiing
    • Palladius: фэндин (fɛndin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ deng²
    • Yale: fūng déng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ deng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ déng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ tɛːŋ³⁵/

Verb

封頂

1. (architecture) to seal the top with a roof or ceiling; to top out a building

   大樓正在進行封頂儀式。 [MSC, trad.]
   大楼正在进行封顶仪式。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dàlóu zhèngzài jìnxíng fēngdǐng yíshì. [Pinyin]

   The building is undergoing the topping out ceremony.

2. (finance) to set a limit of the total budget allocation

   社長對研發預算封頂。 [MSC, trad.]
   社长对研发预算封顶。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shècháng duì yánfā yùsuàn fēngdǐng. [Pinyin]

   The executive director sets a budget ceiling for R&D.

Antonyms

• 開天窗／开天窗 (kāitiānchuāng, “to open the skylight window; to embezzle; to leave work undone”)

Related terms

• 見頂／见顶 (jiàndǐng, “to reach the ceiling/upper limit”)