点 / 點
diǎn
Meaning
- to touch briefly · to tap
- classifier for small amounts
- 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
Example sentences
我想你知道这一点。
我想你知道這一點。
wǒ xiǎng nǐ zhī dao zhè yī diǎn。
I think that you do know about that.
这不是我点的食物。
這不是我點的食物。
zhè bù shì wǒ diǎn de shí wù。
This isn't what I ordered.
你应该说点什么的。
你應該說點什麼的。
nǐ yīng gāi shuō diǎn shén me de。
You should've said something.