Chinese Word of the Day
点滴diǎn dī
drip
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 点滴 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 點滴 | ||
| 點滴 | diǎndī | |
| 1. n. (obsolete) drop; raindrop | ||
| 2. n. bit; titbit; a little bit | ||
| 3. n. (medicine) drip; intravenous drip | ||
| 4. v. (Hokkien, medicine) to have an intravenous infusion; to be put on an IV; to be put on a drip | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| drip | ||
| 1. 滴 | ||
| 2. 滴下 | ||
| 3. 把水滴下 | ||
| 4. 水滴 | ||
| 5. 滴沥 | ||
| 6. 雨檐 | ||
| 7. 檐漏 | ||
| 8. 无聊的人 | ||
| 9. 沥 | ||
| 10. 淌 | ||
| Components | ||
| 点 | ||
| 1. Variant of 點 | ||
| 點 | diǎn | |
| 1. dot; spot; speck | ||
| 在 地圖 上，城鎮 是 用 小 紅 點 標 出 的。 - On the map towns were marked by a red dot. | ||
| 船 在 遠處 的 水平線 上 成了 一 個 小 點。 - The ship became a mere dot on the horizon. | ||
| 2. place; point; spot | ||
| 3. point; aspect | ||
| 他 在 這 點 上 很 堅持。 - He is most insistent on this point. | ||
| 4. o'clock | ||
| 我 今天 6 點 去 看 他。 - I am going to see him today at six o'clock. | ||
| 現在 幾 點 了？六 點 了。 - What time is it? It's six o'clock. | ||
| 5. time | ||
| 飯點 - mealtime | ||
| 6. (mathematics) point | ||
| 我們 可以 用 一 條 直線 把 點 A 和 B 聯結 起來。 - We can join point A to point B with a straight line. | ||
| 7. (mathematics) decimal point | ||
| 收據 上 的 價格 讀作「三 點 二 十 四」。 - The price read "three point twenty four" on the receipt. | ||
| 點-分 十進制 - dot-decimal notation (lit. dot-delimited decimal) | ||
| 8. percent; percentage point | ||
| 我們 今年 的 利潤 是 八 個 點。 | ||
| 9. drop | ||
| 雨點 - raindrop | ||
| 10. (Chinese calligraphy) a dot stroke ((m, mul, ㇔)) | ||
| 11. to nominate; to mention (one's name) | ||
| 老師 點 你 回答 問題。 - The teacher asked you to answer the question. | ||
| 12. to count | ||
| 點鈔 - to count banknotes | ||
| 13. to choose; to select; to order (food) | ||
| Synonyms: 叫 | ||
| 他們 點 了 一 些 食物 和 一 大 碗 湯。 - They ordered some food and a big bowl of soup. | ||
| 14. to nod | ||
| 他 點 一下 頭，指明 了 這 個 地方。 - He indicated the place by a nod of his head. | ||
| 15. to point | ||
| 16. to tap; to touch | ||
| 17. to click | ||
| 18. to light; to ignite | ||
| 點香 - to burn incense | ||
| 19. a little; a bit; some | ||
| 你 能 再 給 我 點 茶 嗎？ - Would you please give me some more tea? | ||
| 我 想要 點 蛋糕。 - I want some cake. | ||
| 他 有 點 蒼白。 - He's a little pale. | ||
| 今天 有 點 冷。 - It's a little cold today. | ||
| 20. (Cantonese) to dip in (sauce) | ||
| 21. (Cantonese) to trick; to misguide | ||
| 老點 | ||
| 22. (Cantonese) to command | ||
| 23. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) extreme | ||
| 攰 到 一 個 點 - extremely tired, C, lit=tired to an extreme - | ||
| 24. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 25. 一點 (meaning: "a bit") is pronounced yì diǎn, following the sandhi rule. | ||
| 26. When followed by the minutes, 十二時三十分. | ||
| 27. (Cantonese) how | ||
| 番茄ke4-2 應該 點 整？ - How should I prepare tomatoes? | ||
| 呢ni1個 點 算 係 錯 呢？ - How is this wrong? (lit. "How does this count as wrong?") | ||
| 佢 點 都 會 用 筷子 食飯。 - He always insists on using (lit. "regardless of how, will use") chopsticks to eat. | ||
| 佢 無論 點 都 會 搞錯 嘅。 - He is guaranteed to mess it up no matter what (lit. "no matter how"). | ||
| 點 都 唔 肯 - unwilling, no matter what | ||
| 你 想 點 呀？ - What do you want? | ||
| 琴日 個 蛋糕 整 成 點 呀？ - How did the cake from yesterday go? | ||
| 滴 | dī | |
| 1. to drip; to dribble | ||
| 2. to drip something into | ||
| 滴dik6 兩 滴dik6 眼藥水 - to instill a few drops of eye drops | ||
| 3. drop of liquid | ||
| 兩 滴 水 - two drops of water | ||
| 4. a little | ||
| 5. v. (Cantonese, of ball) to bounce against a surface | ||
| 6. (cute-sounding) (Alternative form of) 的. | ||
| 7. (cute-sounding) (Alternative form of) 地. | ||
| 8. (cute-sounding) (Alternative form of) 得 (“Used after a verb or an adjective and before a complement”). | ||
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Pronunciation
diǎn dī
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