diǎn

dot, speck, spot; point, degree

DEFINITIONS

點 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

WORDS

lù diǎn dew point; (coll.) (of a woman) to expose one of the three areas (nipples and genitals)
靈犀一通 líng xī yī diǎn tōng mental rapport; likeness of mind; spiritual link
靜脈滴 jìng mài diǎn dī an intravenous drip
jìng diǎn a hospital drip
ān diǎn saddle point (math.), a critical point of a function of several variables that is neither a maximum nor a minimum
dǐng diǎn summit; peak; (math.) vertex
類似 lèi sì diǎn resemblance
cān diǎn food; dish; meal
zhù diǎn stationary point
miàn diǎn pastry
黃白交 huáng bái jiāo diǎn ecliptic line; intersection of the ecliptic with the moon's orbit plane
交 diǎn jiāo to hand over (bought goods etc)
亮 diǎn liàng to illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze)
兒 diǎn r erhua variant of 點|点[dian3]
兒背 diǎn r bèi (dialect) to be out of luck
兵 diǎn bīng to muster troops; (fig.) to gather forces
出 diǎn chū to point out; to indicate
到即止 diǎn dào jí zhǐ to touch on sth and leave it there; to take care not to overdo sth
化 diǎn huà magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal; fig. to reveal; to enlighten
卯 diǎn mǎo morning roll call
厾 diǎn dū to touch up a painting
名 diǎn míng roll call; to mention sb by name; (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
名冊 diǎn míng cè register of names; attendance roll book
名羞辱 diǎn míng xiū rǔ to attack publicly; to stage a denunciation campaign
大 diǎn dà (of a child etc) small as a mite; minuscule