点心
diǎnxin
dim sum, light snack
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
點dot
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心heart
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Examples
- 广东人喜欢喝茶吃点心。Cantonese people like to drink tea and eat dim sum.
- 下午我们吃了一些点心。In the afternoon we had some refreshments.
Collocations
吃点心广式点心一份点心茶和点心
Mnemonic
点 diǎn "to dot" + 心 xīn "heart": originally "to dot the heart", a light snack or dim sum. (Differs from Korean "jeomsim" = lunch.)
Related
小吃零食茶糕点
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