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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)

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
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
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
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
好的。快要下雨了，你路上慢点儿。
Hǎo de. Kuài yào xià yǔ le, nǐ lù shang màn diǎnr.
Okay. It's about to rain; slow down a bit on the way.
Text 4
下午五点。
Xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn.
5 p.m.
Text 2
现在十点十分。
Xiàn zài shí diǎn shí fēn.
It is 10:10 now.
Text 1

Metadata

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