一點 (jat1 dim2 | yi1 dian3) : a little, a little/small bit (of something)

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一點

jat1 dim2

yi1 dian3

[1] a little, a little/small bit [2] a dot [3] one o'clock (abbreviation of 一點鐘）

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 7,300,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

一點 / 一点

This word has been viewed 3673 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 17th Aug 2005 13:56 and last edited on 18th Oct 2013 11:09

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Characters in this word:

一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
點 dim2 - dot; point; drop; select; touch; instruct

9 compounds containing this word:

一點正 - 1 o'clock exactly
一點兒 - a bit, a little
一點點 - a bit, a little
廿一點 - the card game blackjack (lit "21 dots")
少一點 - littleness
有一點 - there is a little..., there is some...
吃一點點 - to peck
Common Formations:
十一點鐘 - 11 o'clock
一點也不 - [adv] noways; nowise

Showing all 6 examples containing 一點

我一點喺灣仔食晏。粵
I have lunch in Wanchai at 1:00 p.m.
["People + time + place + action" is one of the most common sentence patterns in Cantonese.]

我能說一點普通話國
I can speak a little bit of Mandarin.

我對呢一點好有信心粵
I‘m very confident about this.
[Lit. I towards this point very confident]

我對呢一點好有自信粵
I have a lot of self-confidence about it.
[Lit. I toward this one point very self-confident.]

每位藝術家對作品的細節一點都不敢苟且
All the artists pay very careful details towards their art pieces.

你再遲一點來的話我就要升天了! 國
Get here a second later and I'd be dead!

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