顶帖

頂帖

dǐngtiě

verb

Meanings

1 to bump a thread (reply to push it to the top)

Characters

to push up, top

Examples

HSK 7-9

我发的帖子没人回，只好自己顶帖。

Wǒ fā de tiězi méi rén huí, zhǐhǎo zìjǐ dǐngtiě.

Nobody replied to my post, so I had to bump it myself.

HSK 7-9

顶帖支持楼主！

Dǐngtiě zhīchí lóuzhǔ!

Bump - supporting OP!

Tips

culture

Pre-algorithm forums like Baidu Tieba and Tianya sorted threads by 'last reply time', so any new reply literally pushed (顶, 'push up') the thread to the top of the list. A single-character post of just '顶' is still the archetypal BBS reply.

Stroke Order

顶 dǐng

帖 tiě