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点心

diǎn xin

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 點心

点心 (diǎn xin) means "light refreshments". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 点心 means

1. light refreshments
2. pastry
3. dim sum (in Cantonese cooking)
4. dessert

The characters in 点心

• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 点心是苹果。
  Apples were served as the dessert.

Words containing 点心

• 长点心眼zhǎng diǎn xīn yǎnto watch out; to keep one's wits about one
• 废物点心fèi wù diǎn xin(colloquial) a good-for-nothing; a loser

Where 点心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Food, Cooking & Cuisine (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read diǎn xin correctly.
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