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to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
to nod
HSK 2
roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
HSK 4
to ignite / to set on fire / aflame
HSK 5
spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer
HSK 7-9
light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert
HSK 7-9
to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble
HSK 7-9
to comment / a point by point commentary
HSK 7-9
to decorate / to adorn / sprinkled / studded / only for show
HSK 7-9
click-through rate (CTR) (Internet)
HSK 7-9
to point out / to draw sb's attention to sth / to cause sb to have a realization
to order dishes (in a restaurant)
to hit / to press / to strike (on the keyboard) / to click (a web page button)
to count and check / to tally / points (collected in some bonus scheme etc)
Diandian (Chinese microblogging and social networking website)
point / speck
strokes of a Chinese character
to select / (computing) to click on (one of several options) / to navigate to (a webpage)
to light a lamp
lattice / dot matrix / bitmap
a drip / a little bit / intravenous drip (used to administer drugs)
to illuminate / to turn on the lights / to light (a blaze)
cigarette lighter (in a car) / 12-volt cigarette lighter receptacle
to check sth and accept it
to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep
to hand over (bought goods etc)
to light (a candle, cigarette etc)
(indicating time of day) o'clock
to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word / to point out bluntly
to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task
number of clicks / number of hits (on a website)
to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉
penalty kick
magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal / fig. to reveal / to enlighten
to point out
to do an inventory count
to add the finishing touch (abbr. for 畫龍點睛|画龙点睛)
spot welding
to fire in bursts / shooting intermittently
to inspect one by one / to list individually
braille
dot matrix printer
nodding acquaintance
to touch up (a piece of writing) / to add details (to a painting)
to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping / unctuous fawning
morning roll call
register of names / attendance roll book
to muster troops / (fig.) to gather forces
to reword / to edit a text
webcast / to request item for broadcast on radio program / dibble seeding / spot seeding
to fire in bursts / shooting intermittently
to check (items) / to count and verify
dot matrix printer
(at a restaurant) to order a meal / (of a waiter) to take an order
Dianjun district of Yichang city 宜昌市, Hubei
Dianjun district of Yichang city 宜昌市, Hubei
to stir up trouble in secret / to instigate
braille typewriter
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
punctuation mark
erhua variant of 點|点
to have a snack / to have a bite
not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous / watertight
to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
(bird species of China) spot-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis guttaticollis)
to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word
ignition switch
to check an amount
to like; to upvote (on social media)
to point out / to indicate
click-through rate (for websites or online advertisements)
(math.) point set
to count votes
to touch on sth and leave it there / to take care not to overdo sth
to light a cigarette
pay-per-click advertising
to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點穴|点穴
to place an order; to order
to inspect
dot product (math.)
Midas touch / golden touch
(math.) dot product (of two vectors)
(dialect) to be out of luck
to touch up a painting
to attack publicly / to stage a denunciation campaign
(of a child etc) small as a mite / minuscule
(coll.) one's adversary is very tough
(coll.) to have a stroke of bad luck
p2p (peer-to-peer)
(Tw) end-to-end encryption
(computing) to tap (on a touchscreen); to click (with a mouse) / (massage) to apply focused pressure to specific points on the body
to give instructions / to give advice
(bird species of China) speckled wood pigeon (Columba hodgsonii)
designed to be torn off along a line of perforations
(film) preview screening
to request a song to be played / to pick a karaoke song
to solve a problem / to answer a question / (Internet) Q&A forum / advice column
spot check
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
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem

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