English

1. dot, speck, spot
2. to touch briefly; to tap
3. (adverb) 1. What; 2. How (noun) 1. snack (dim sum); 2. hour; (verb) 1. examine; 2. check; (verb) (of head) to nod
4. dot; spot; speck
5. o'clock; can be followed by more fine-grained units like 正 zing3 (on the dot), 半 bun3 (half-past), 個骨 go3 gwat1 (quarter hour), 沓 daap6 and 個字 go3 zi6 (5-minute increments), or 分 fan1 (minutes)
6. to count one by one
7. how; in what way; in what manner
8. aspect; characteristic; attribute
9. point, degree
10. to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
11. extent; degree
12. decimal point; decimal comma; used to separate whole numbers from fractional numbers ; also known as 小數點 siu2 sou3 dim3, literally: small number point
13. to mislead or deceive; see also 老點 lou5 dim2
14. ostensibly asking how something is done, but in fact used to express annoyance at how it is done incompetently
15. to order (food etc); to select
16. point (of a discussion); item; thing
17. to command someone (to do something), often in a disrespectful manner
18. whatever; however; used in conditionals to substitute a situation, a method, or some way of doing things
19. to mention; to bring up (a topic or person)
20. to pick from various choices
21. to hint at; to imply
22. to light something on fire
23. to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops
24. to dip
25. to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite
26. to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down
27. point; dot; spot; speck
28. dot stroke in Chinese characters
29. (math.) decimal point
30. point in time or space
31. (after a number) o'clock
32. a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more
33. classifier for small amounts

粵語

1. 細嘅圓形圖象；數學上有位置但冇長度、面積、體積嘅概念（量詞：個）
2. 用嚟講特定時間；放喺時針指嘅數字之後；後面可以加上更加仔細嘅單位，例如正 (zing3) （即係沓正），半（即係30分），分針指嘅數字（即係幾多個字，但係 6 同 12 唔得），或者「～分」、「沓～」、「～個字」、「～個骨」等等
3. 逐個去數
4. 用嚟提問，意思係用咩方式、有咩情形、有咩目的
5. 事件嘅特質、屬性
6. 狀態；程度
7. 數學入面，用嚟隔開大於同小於 1 嘅數（見例子）；呢個點又叫做小數點
8. 誤導人或者呃人；亦叫做「老點」
9. 表面上係用嚟提問，實際上責怪某人喺某件事做得唔好
10. 獨立嘅概念，可以獨立分割出嚟討論嘅部份
11. 命令人哋做嘢；好唔客氣咁叫人做嘢
12. 喺條件句入面，用嚟代替情況或者做事手法，通常同「就」「咪」一齊用
13. 從多個選項之中揀出
14. 點燃；令到一樣嘢著火
15. 將物件稍為掂一掂某種液體、醬汁或者粉末；蘸

As a component in

• 嚸dim2

Variants

• 点semantic variant
• 点simplified

Words containing 點

• 重點zung6 dim2

  to recount (e.g. results of election)

• 觀點gun1 dim2

  point of view

• 起點hei2 dim2

  starting point

• 弱點joek6 dim2

  weak point

• 點歌dim2 go1

  to request a song to be played

• 指點zi2 dim2

  to point out

• 點火dim2 fo2

  to ignite

• 一點jat1 dim2

  a bit; a little bit

• 點醒dim2 seng2

  to point out

• 點綴dim2 zeoi6

  to decorate

• 有點jau5 dim2

  a little

• 特點dak6 dim2

  characteristic; trait; feature

• 檢點gim2 dim2

  to examine

• 地點dei6 dim2

  place

• 中點zung1 dim2

  midpoint

• 焦點ziu1 dim2

  (lit. and fig.) focal point; focus

• 熱點jit6 dim2

  hot spot

• 優點jau1 dim2

  merit

• 老點lou5 dim2

  to lie to; to trick

• 缺點kyut3 dim2

  weak point

• 差點caa1 dim2

  almost

• 試點si3 dim2

  test point

• 景點ging2 dim2

  tourist attraction; scenic spot

• 點擊dim2 gik1

  to hit