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点
點
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)

点
diǎn
dot, point, speck
HSK 1 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

G点
Gdiǎn
Gräfenberg Spot
一点
yīdiǎn
a bit
丁点
dīngdiǎn
tiny bit
中点
zhōngdiǎn
midpoint
幺点
yāodiǎn
ace
交点
jiāodiǎn
meeting point
亮点
liàngdiǎn
highlight
优点
yōudiǎn
merit
HSK 4
冰点
bīngdiǎn
freezing point
分点
fēndiǎn
point of division
切点
qiēdiǎn
contact (math.)
加点
jiādiǎn
to work extra hours
动点
dòngdiǎn
moving point
汇点
huìdiǎn
confluence
半点
bàndiǎn
the least bit
原点
yuándiǎn
origin (math.)
哑点
yǎdiǎn
blind spot
单点
dāndiǎn
à la carte
圈点
quāndiǎn
to mark a text with dots and circles
圆点
yuándiǎn
dot

Example Sentences (10)

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
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
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
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
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
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
好的。王经理两点左右来了个电话。
Hǎo de. Wáng jīnglǐ liǎng diǎn zuǒyòu lái le gè diànhuà.
Okay. Manager Wang called around two o'clock.
Text 2
六点多。
Liù diǎn duō.
A little after six.
Text 1
下午五点。
Xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn.
5 p.m.
Text 2
早上八点四十。
Zǎoshang bā diǎn sìshí.
Eight forty in the morning.
Text 1

Metadata

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