点
diǎn
o'clock
Part of speech · noun (oclock)
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 现在三点。It's 3 o'clock.
- 几点见面?What time meeting?
Collocations
几点三点点钟
Mnemonic
点 diǎn — traditional 點. Polysemous: "o'clock" (三点 3:00), "dot/point", "a little" (一点 a bit), "to order" (点菜 order food). Cognate of Japanese 点 ten / Korean Hanja jeom.
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Verb for "order food"?