点 / 點
diǎn
Meaning
- to touch briefly · to tap
- to mark with a dot · to check off (on a list)
- to order (food and so on) · to select
- to mention · to bring up (a topic or person)
- to hint at · to imply
- to administer (eye medicine and so on) in drops
- to light (a fire, a lamp and so on) · to ignite
- to nod (one's head) in agreement · to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down
- point · dot · spot · speck · dot stroke in Chinese characters
- decimal point
- point in time or space
- o'clock
- a small amount · a bit · (after a verb or adjective) a bit more
- classifier for small amounts
Example sentences
我想吃点好吃的。
我想喫點好喫的。
wǒ xiǎng chī diǎn hǎo chī de。
I want to eat something delicious.
你不要点咖啡吗？
你不要點咖啡嗎？
nǐ bú yào diǎn kā fēi ma？
Don't you want to order coffee?
我给你带了点东西。
我給你帶了點東西。
wǒ gěi nǐ dài le diǎn dōng xī。
I brought you something.
他在11点熄了所有的灯。
他在11點熄了所有的燈。
tā zài 11 diǎn xī le suǒ yǒu de dēng。
He turned off all the lights at 11 o'clock.