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要点

yào diǎn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 要點

要点 (yào diǎn) means "main point". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 要点 means

1. main point
2. essential

The characters in 要点

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…

Example sentences

• 你要点菜吗？
  Nǐ yàodiǎn cài ma?
  Would you like to order?
• 我想要点钱。
  I want some money.

Words containing 要点

• 战略要点zhàn lüè yào diǎnstrategic point

Sounds the same

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

• 药典pharmacopoeia

Where 要点 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yào–yī (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yào diǎn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.