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指点

zhǐ diǎn

2-character word Traditional 指點

What 指点 means

1. to point out
2. to indicate
3. to give directions
4. to show how (to do sth)
5. to censure
6. to pick at

The characters in 指点

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…

Example sentences

• 请你给我指点一下。
  Qǐng nǐ gěi wǒ zhǐdiǎn yīxià.
  Can you show me the way please?
• 用手指点别人不礼貌。
  It is bad manners to point at people.

Words starting with 指点

• 指点迷津zhǐ diǎn mí jīnto show sb how to get to the right path
• 指点江山zhǐ diǎn jiāng shānto talk idly about important matters (idiom); to set the world to rights…

Sounds the same

Read zhǐ diǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 止点(mechanical engineering) dead point; dead center