点點 in English
- 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
Measure word
- 点 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... attested in use
Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
These are the forms of 點, the traditional character: 点 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Small seal script
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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"几点了?""10点半了。"
"What time is it?" "It is ten-thirty."
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“你累吗？“ “不，一点儿也不。“
"Are you tired?" "No, not at all."
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“汤姆，我得告诉你点事。我爱某个人。他的名字以T开头以M结尾。”“呃，那能是谁？我认识吗？
"Tom, I have to tell you something. I love someone. His name starts with T and ends with M." "Er, who would that be? Is it someone I know?"
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“洞里发生了什么？我很好奇。”“我一点也不知道。”
"What's going on in the cave? I'm curious." "I have no idea."
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「我得买点新衣服了，」狄马想。
"I really need some new clothes," thought Dima.
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23点我打电话给她的时候，她已经去睡觉了。
She had already gone to bed when I phoned her at 11:00 p.m.
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3点半了。
It's 3:30.
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8点半之前不会开始。
It doesn't start before eight thirty.