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

huì diǎn confluence; a meeting point
十三 shí sān diǎn half-witted; nitwit
半導體超陣 bàn dǎo tǐ chāo diǎn zhèn semiconductor superlattice
bàn diǎn the least bit
原爆 yuán bào diǎn ground zero
yuán diǎn origin (math.); origin of coordinates
矩 yuán diǎn jǔ (statistics) moment
jù diǎn period (punctuation); (fig.) endpoint; finish
只許州官放火,不許百姓燈 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
國家重學科 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)
國家重實驗室 guó jiā zhòng diǎn shí yàn shì State Key Laboratories (university laboratories in PRC supported by the central government)
yuán diǎn dot
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
dì diǎn place; site; location; venue; CL:個|个[ge4]
基本 jī běn diǎn basis point (finance), abbr. to 基點|基点[ji1 dian3]
jī diǎn main point; crux; central point
夏至 xià zhì diǎn the summer solstice