点 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 syn 时 時 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn 一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit / a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3zhong1]) syn 桌子 zhuō zi table / desk / CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4] syn 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 闹钟 鬧鐘 nào zhōng alarm clock 时钟 時鐘 shí zhōng clock syn 日夜 rì yè day and night / around the clock syn 书桌 書桌 shū zhuō desk / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 控制台 控制臺 kòng zhì tái control desk / console 复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn 台灯 檯燈 tái dēng desk lamp / table lamp syn 讲台 講臺 jiǎng tái platform / podium / rostrum / lectern / (teacher's) desk syn 钟楼 鐘樓 zhōng lóu bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc syn 钟表 鐘錶 zhōng biǎo clock syn 指针 指針 zhǐ zhēn pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer syn 时针 時針 shí zhēn hand of a clock / hour hand 服务台 服務臺 fú wù tái service desk / information desk / reception desk 写字台 寫字檯 xiě zì tái writing desk syn 课桌 課桌 kè zhuō school desk 生物钟 生物鐘 shēng wù zhōng biological clock 债台高筑 債臺高築 zhài tái gāo zhù lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom) / heavily in debt syn 同桌 tóng zhuō desk-mate / seat-mate syn 挂钟 掛鐘 guà zhōng wall clock 秒针 秒針 miǎo zhēn second hand (of a clock) 分针 分針 fēn zhēn minute hand (of a clock or watch) 案头 案頭 àn tóu on one's desk 台历 檯曆 tái lì desk calendar 操作台 cāo zuò tái operating desk / control panel / console 收银台 收銀台 shōu yín tái checkout counter / cashier's desk 走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave) 闹铃 鬧鈴 nào líng alarm (clock) 滴答 dī dā (onom.) pattering sound / drip drip (of water) / tick tock (of clock) / also pr. [di1 da5] syn 换证 換證 huàn zhèng to renew a certificate (ID card etc) / to leave an ID at the desk to gain entrance 打卡 dǎ kǎ (of an employee) to clock on (or off) / to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location 公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn 伏案 fú àn to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc) 赶工 趕工 gǎn gōng to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time 书案 書案 shū àn writing desk / official record syn 班台 班檯 bān tái office desk 敲钟 敲鐘 qiāo zhōng to sound a bell / (of a clock) to chime 石英钟 石英鐘 shí yīng zhōng quartz clock 抽头 抽頭 chōu tóu to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling) / tap (in an electromagnetic coil) / drawer (of a desk etc) syn 钟 鐘 zhōng a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]) / clock (CL:座[zuo4]) / amount of time / o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc) syn 原子钟 原子鐘 yuán zǐ zhōng atomic clock 急救站 jí jiù zhàn emergency desk / first aid office 表针 錶針 biǎo zhēn hand of a clock syn 开倒车 開倒車 kāi dào chē to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back syn 桌灯 桌燈 zhuō dēng desk lamp syn 计时赛 計時賽 jì shí sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock 收款台 收款臺 shōu kuǎn tái checkout counter / cashier's desk 自鸣钟 自鳴鐘 zì míng zhōng chiming clock 数字钟 數字鐘 shù zì zhōng digital clock 嘀 dī (onom.) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc 连轴转 連軸轉 lián zhóu zhuàn (coll.) to work non-stop / to work around the clock syn 定时钟 定時鐘 dìng shí zhōng timer / timing clock / alarm clock 摆轮 擺輪 bǎi lún balance (of a watch or clock) / balance wheel 停表 tíng biǎo stopwatch / (sports) to stop the clock syn 中转柜台 中轉櫃檯 zhōng zhuǎn guì tái transfer desk / correspondence desk 总台 總台 zǒng tái front desk / reception desk 书画毡 書畫氈 shū huà zhān felt desk pad for calligraphy 画毡 畫氈 huà zhān felt desk pad for calligraphy 补票处 補票處 bǔ piào chù additional ticket desk / stand-by counter 询问台 詢問台 xún wèn tái information desk 妇女事务办公室 fù rǔ shì wù bàn gōng shì Women's Desk 两性平等事务室 liǎng xìng píng děng shì wù shì Gender Desk 服务台业务科 fù wù tái yè wù kē Service Desk Operations Section 值班室警务员 zhí bān shì jǐng wù yuán Security Desk Officer 军事事务室 jūn shì shì wù shì military desk 主管干事 desk officer 视听室 Audio-Visual Desk 问讯台办事员 問訊台辦事員 wèn xùn tái bàn shì yuán help desk clerk 值班室高等警卫员 值班室高等警衛員 zhí bān shì gāo děng jǐng wèi yuán Security Desk Sergeant 车队服务台 車隊服務臺 motorcade desk 文化抵抗事务处 文化抵抗事務處 Cultural Resistance Desk 人力资源系统服务台 人力資源系統服務台 rén lì zī yuán xì tǒng fù wù tái Human Resources Systems Help Desk 组合式桌子 組合式桌子 modular desk 桉头研究 案頭研究 desk research 服务台督导员 服務臺督導員 Help Desk Supervisor 南盟毒品犯罪监测股 南盟毒品犯罪監測股 SAARC Drug Offences Monitoring Desk 南盟恐怖主义犯罪监察股 南盟恐怖主義犯罪監察股 SAARC Terrorist Offences Monitoring Desk 南部非洲事务室和工作队 南部非洲事務室和工作隊 Southern Africa Desk and Task Force 三屉桌 三屜桌 sān tí zhuō three-drawer desk (traditional Chinese piece of furniture) 柦 dàn a kind of wooden desk without legs 拦柜 攔櫃 lán guì sales counter / inquiry desk syn 大道具 dà dào jù (theater) set prop (desk, chairs etc) 台扇 臺扇 tái shàn table fan / desk fan 三屉桌 三屜桌 sān tì zhuō three-drawer desk (traditional Chinese piece of furniture) 摆钟 擺鐘 bǎi zhōng pendulum clock 点钟 點鐘 diǎn zhōng (indicating time of day) o'clock syn 不分昼夜 不分晝夜 bù fēn zhòu yè day and night / round-the-clock 啲咑 dī dā tick-tock (sound of clock) 数字时钟 數字時鐘 shù zì shí zhōng digital clock 更漏 gēng lòu water clock used to mark night watches 机械钟 機械鐘 jī xiè zhōng mechanical clock 滴漏 dī lòu water clock / clepsydra / to drip 滴漏计时器 滴漏計時器 dī lòu jì shí qì hourglass / water clock / clepsydra 漏壶 漏壺 lòu hú water clock / clepsydra syn 