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

kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on!
兒 kuài diǎn r erhua variant of 快點|快点[kuai4 dian3]
yìng diǎn to act on one's word
戰略要 zhàn lüè yào diǎn strategic point
dǎ dian to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in)
滴 dǎ diǎn dī to put sb on an intravenous drip
pī diǎn to add critical marks or notes to a text; (fig.) to criticize
投票地 tóu piào dì diǎn voting place
guǎi diǎn turning point; breaking point; inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)
指指 zhǐ zhǐ diǎn diǎn to gesticulate; to point out; to point the finger of blame
zhǐ diǎn to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at
江山 zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān to talk idly about important matters (idiom); to set the world to rights; to pass judgment on everything
迷津 zhǐ diǎn mí jīn to show sb how to get to the right path
兒 diào diǎn r drip of rain
jiē diǎn (electrical) contact
jù diǎn stronghold; defended military base; base for operations; strategic point; foothold; (market) presence
tān diǎn place for a vendor's stall
zhī diǎn fulcrum (for a lever)
收支平衡 shōu zhī píng héng diǎn break-even point
放射性最強 fàng shè xìng zuì qiáng diǎn radioactive hot spot
圖 sǎn diǎn tú scatter plot
zhěng diǎn time of day exactly on the hour (i.e. 12:00, 1:00 etc); to make an inventory; (math.) point that has integer coordinates
shǔ diǎn to count; to itemize
文不加 wén bù jiā diǎn to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom); to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
bān diǎn spot; stain; speckle