diǎn

dot, speck, spot; point, degree

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DEFINITIONS

点 diǎn
  • point
  • dot
  • drop
  • speck
  • o'clock
  • point (in space or time)
  • to draw a dot
  • to check on a list
  • to choose
  • to order (food in a restaurant)
  • to touch briefly
  • to hint
  • to light
  • to ignite
  • to pour a liquid drop by drop
  • (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1]
  • dot stroke in Chinese characters
  • classifier for items

STROKES

WORDS

矩 yuán diǎn jǔ (statistics) moment
jù diǎn period (punctuation); (fig.) endpoint; finish
只许州官放火,不许百姓灯 zhǐ xǔ zhōu guān fàng huǒ , bù xǔ bǎi xìng diǎn dēng only the official is allowed to light the fire; Gods may do what cattle may not; quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
可圈可 kě quān kě diǎn remarkable (performance, achievement etc); worthy of praise
滴 diào diǎn dī to put sb on an intravenous drip (Tw)
yǎ diǎn blind spot; dead spot
喜山翅朱雀 xǐ shān diǎn chì zhū què (bird species of China) spot-winged rosefinch (Carpodacus rodopeplus)
dān diǎn to order à la carte; single point (of measurement, mounting etc)
固定 gù dìng diǎn fixed point; calibration point
圈圈 quān quan diǎn diǎn annotations made in a book; fig. remarks and comments; to have an opinion on everything
quān diǎn to mark a text with dots and circles; to punctuate
国家重学科 guó jiā zhòng diǎn xué kē National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law)
国家重实验室 guó jiā zhòng diǎn shí yàn shì State Key Laboratories (university laboratories in PRC supported by the central government)
地面零 dì miàn líng diǎn Ground Zero (refers to the site of the World Trade Center destroyed in 9-11-2001 attack); ground zero
夏至 xià zhì diǎn the summer solstice
多大事 duō dà diǎn shì trivial matter; Big deal!
触控 duō diǎn chù kòng multi-touch (computing)
zhuāng diǎn to decorate
shǐ diǎn starting point; initial point
企业 dìng diǎn qǐ yè a specialized enterprise
厂 dìng diǎn chǎng factory designated by the state to make a particular product
小不 xiǎo bu diǎn tiny; very small; tiny thing; small child; baby
小斑 xiǎo bān diǎn speckle
尿 niào diǎn the boring part of something (film, show, etc.) where a bathroom break can be taken
居民儿 jū mín diǎn r variant of 居民點|居民点[ju1 min2 dian3]