| 点 | diǎn | drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; a little; a bit; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities |
| 点头 | diǎn tóu | to nod |
| 点点 | diǎn diǎn | point; speck |
| 点火 | diǎn huǒ | to ignite; to light a fire; to agitate; to start an engine; ignition; fig. to stir up trouble |
| 点燃 | diǎn rán | to ignite; to set on fire; aflame |
| 点心 | diǎn xin | light refreshments; pastry; dimsum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert |
| 点名 | diǎn míng | roll call; to mention sb by name; (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name |
| 点子 | diǎn zi | spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer |
| 点缀 | diǎn zhuì | to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show |
| 点播 | diǎn bō | webcast; to request item for broadcast on radio program; dibble seeding; spot seeding |
| 点发 | diǎn fā | to fire in bursts; shooting intermittently |
| 点数 | diǎn shù | to count heads; to check numbers |
| 点将 | diǎn jiàng | to appoint a general (in theater); fig. to appoint sb for a task |
| 点阵 | diǎn zhèn | lattice; dot matrix; bitmap |
| 点滴 | diǎn dī | a drip; a little bit; intravenous drip (used to administer drugs) |
| 点菜 | diǎn cài | to order dishes (in a restaurant) |
| 点钟 | diǎn zhōng | (indicating time of day) o'clock |
| 点交 | diǎn jiāo | to hand over one by one |
| 点亮 | diǎn liàng | to illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze) |
| 点儿 | diǎnr | erhua variant of 点, point; dot; speck; drop; little bit |
| 点兵 | diǎn bīng | to inspect troops; to review |
| 点到即止 | diǎn dào jí zhǐ | to touch on sth and leave it there; to take care not to overdo sth |
| 点化 | diǎn huà | magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal; fig. to reveal; to enlighten |
| 点卯 | diǎn mǎo | morning roll call |
| 点厾 | diǎn dū | to touch up a painting |
| 点名册 | diǎn míng cè | register of names; attendance roll book |
| 点字 | diǎn zì | Braille characters (alphabet for the blind) |
| 点字机 | diǎn zì jī | Braille typewriter |
| 点射 | diǎn shè | to fire in bursts; shooting intermittently |
| 点对点 | diǎn duì diǎn | p2p (peer to peer); Bittorrent (BT) |
| 点拨 | diǎn bō | to give instructions; to give advice |
| 点击 | diǎn jī | to hit; to press; to strike (on the keyboard); to click (a web page button) |
| 点击一个链接 | diǎn jī yī gè liàn jiē | to click on a link (on webpage) |
| 点击付费广告 | diǎn jī fù fèi guǎng gào | pay-per-click advertising |
| 点击数 | diǎn jī shù | number of clicks; number of hits (on a website) |
| 点击率 | diǎn jī lǜ | click through rate (CTR) (Internet) |
| 点收 | diǎn shōu | to check sth and accept it |
| 点明 | diǎn míng | to point out |
| 点染 | diǎn rǎn | to touch up (a piece of writing); to add details (to a painting) |
| 点查 | diǎn chá | to inspect |
| 点检 | diǎn jiǎn | to inspect one by one; to list individually |
| 点水 | diǎn shuǐ | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓点水); skin deep |
| 点水不漏 | diǎn shuǐ bù lòu | not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous; watertight |
| 点滴试验 | diǎn dī shì yàn | spot check |
| 点火开关 | diǎn huǒ kāi guān | ignition switch |
| 点烟器 | diǎn yān qì | cigarette lighter |
| 点球 | diǎn qiú | penalty kick |
| 点画 | diǎn huà | strokes of a Chinese character |
| 点睛 | diǎn jīng | to dot in the eyes; fig. to add finishing touch; abbr. for idiom 画龙点睛, to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes; the crucial point that brings the subject to life |
| 点睛之笔 | diǎn jīng zhī bǐ | the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point |
