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diǎn
1. point
2. dot
3. drop
4. speck
5. o'clock
6. point (in space or time)
7. to draw a dot
8. to check on a list
9. to choose
10. to order (food in a restaurant)
11. to touch briefly
12. to hint
13. to light
14. to ignite
15. to pour a liquid drop by drop
16. (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch [[更<gēng>]]
17. dot stroke in Chinese characters
18. classifier for items
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

Example Sentences (10)

你妹妹怎么还没来?都八点四十了!
Nǐ mèimei zěnme hái méi lái? Dōu bā diǎn sì shí le!
Why hasn't your younger sister come yet? It's already 8:40!
Text 3
李老师邀请咱们去他家做客,给他带点儿什么礼物好呢?
Lǐ lǎoshī yāoqǐng zánmen qù tā jiā zuòkè, gěi tā dài diǎnr shénme lǐwù hǎo ne?
Teacher Li invited us to his home. What gift should we bring him?
Text 3
老周,我打算买房子了,想向你借点儿钱。
Lǎo Zhōu, wǒ dǎsuàn mǎi fángzi le, xiǎng xiàng nǐ jiè diǎnr qián.
Old Zhou, I'm planning to buy a house and want to borrow some money from you.
Text 1
你咳嗽好点儿了吗?医生怎么说的?
Nǐ ké sou hǎo diǎnr le ma? Yīshēng zěnme shuō de?
Is your cough any better? What did the doctor say?
Text 2
再来点儿米饭吧,你吃得太少了。
Zài lái diǎnr mǐfàn ba,nǐ chī de tài shǎo le.
Have a bit more rice, you've eaten too little.
Text 2
我有点儿饿了,我们进超市买点儿东西吧。
Wǒ yǒu diǎnr è le, wǒmen jìn chāoshì mǎi diǎnr dōngxi ba.
I'm a bit hungry. Let's go into the supermarket and buy something.
Text 3
是啊,外边也不刮风,我们坐在外边一边看月亮一边吃点东西,怎么样?
Shì a, wàibian yě bù guā fēng, wǒmen zuò zài wàibian yībiān kàn yuèliang yībiān chī diǎn dōngxi, zěnmeyàng?
Yeah, it's not windy outside either. How about we sit outside, watch the moon, and eat something?
Text 3
六点多。
Liù diǎn duō.
A little after six.
Text 1
早上八点四十。
Zǎoshang bā diǎn sìshí.
Eight forty in the morning.
Text 1
下午五点。
Xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn.
5 p.m.
Text 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
127
Word Frequency Rank
58 of 84,292