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點心

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See also: 点心

Chinese

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to light, to kindle; to touch briefly heart; mind
trad. (點心) 點 心
simp. (点心) 点 心
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Etymology

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First appeared during the Tang dynasty, e.g. from the Book of Tang:

「唐鄭為江淮留侯，家人備夫人晨饌，夫人謂其弟曰：『治妝未畢，我未及餐，爾且可點心。』」
Tang Zheng was the official for the Jianghuai region. (One day), after the servants prepared the morning meal, Tang's wife said to his brother, 'I have not finished doing my makeup. You can have some snacks (lit. refresh your hearts) before I am ready to eat.

Pronunciation

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Note: dien3 xin1 - to snack.
Rime
Character 點 心
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 添 (157) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 多忝切 息林切
Baxter temX sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/temX/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/temX/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tɛmX/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛmX/ /sim/
Li
Rong 		/temX/ /siəm/
Wang
Li 		/tiemX/ /sĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tiemX/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		diǎn xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dim2 sam1

Noun

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點心

  1. snack; light refreshment
    你沒吃晚飯吧，我這兒有點心，你拿著吃。 [MSC, trad.]
    你没吃晚饭吧，我这儿有点心，你拿着吃。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ méi chī wǎnfàn ba, wǒ zhèr yǒu diǎnxīn, nǐ ná zhe chī. [Pinyin]
    You haven't had dinner. Take this snack.
  2. dim sum
    點心師傅／点心师傅 [Cantonese]  ―  dim2 sam1 si1 fu6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    我哋食咗四五籠點心。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我哋食咗四五笼点心。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 dei6 sik6 zo2 sei3 ng5 lung4 dim2 sam1. [Jyutping]
    We had four or five baskets of dim sum.
  3. pastry
  4. (dialectal) (light) breakfast
  5. (dialectal Wu) lunch
  6. (Hengyang Xiang) dinner

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 早餐 (“breakfast”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 朝食, 饔, 晨炊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 早飯, 早餐
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 早飯, 早點
Taiwan 早飯, 早餐, 早點
Ulanhot 早上飯
Tongliao 早上飯
Chifeng 早飯
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 早上飯
Harbin 早上飯, 早飯
Shenyang 早飯
Malaysia 早餐
Singapore 早餐
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 點心
Jinan 早飯, 早晨飯, 早點
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 朝飯兒, 早飯
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 清早飯
Wanrong 早起飯
Zhengzhou 清早起來飯
Xi'an 乾早飯, 早飯
Xining 早起
Xuzhou 早點, 早上飯, 早飯
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 趕早飯
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 早飯
Bayanhot 早飯
Lanzhou 早飯
Ürümqi 乾早飯, 早飯
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 早飯, 早餐
Wuhan 早飯
Guiyang 早飯
Kunming 早飯
Guilin 早餐, 早飯, 早點
Liuzhou 早餐, 早飯, 早點
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 早飯, 點心
Yangzhou 早飯
Nantong 早飯
Hefei 早飯
Huanggang 早飯
Cantonese Guangzhou 早餐, 朝早飯, 朝
Hong Kong 早餐
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 早飯
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 早飯
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 早飯
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 早飯, 朝頭
Macau 早餐
Guangzhou (Panyu) 早餐
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 早飯
Guangzhou (Conghua) 早餐
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 早飯, 早餐
Foshan 早餐
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 粥
Foshan (Shunde) 早餐
Foshan (Sanshui) 朝早飯
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 早飯
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 早餐
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 早餐
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 早餐
Zhuhai (Doumen) 朝早飯
Jiangmen (Baisha) 朝早飯
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 早餐
Taishan 早餐
Kaiping (Chikan) 早餐
Enping (Niujiang) 早餐
Heshan (Yayao) 早飯
Dongguan 早餐
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 早餐
Shaoguan 早餐
Yunfu 早餐
Yangjiang 朝
Xinyi 朝
Lianjiang 朝
Nanning 過早
Wuzhou 過早
Yulin 早朝
Hepu (Lianzhou) 早朝
Danzhou 早朝
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 早餐
Singapore (Guangfu) 早餐
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 早餐
Gan Nanchang 早飯
Lichuan 早飯
Pingxiang 早飯
Hakka Meixian 朝
Xingning 朝
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 朝, 早餐
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 朝
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 朝
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 朝
Huidong (Daling) 朝
Dongguan (Qingxi) 朝
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 早餐, 朝
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 朝
Boluo (Bendihua) 早餐
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 朝
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 朝
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 朝, 早餐
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 早餐
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 朝
Wuhua (Huacheng) 朝
Wuhua (Changbu) 朝
Wuhua (Mianyang) 朝
Heyuan (Bendihua) 朝
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 朝
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 朝
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 朝
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 朝
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 朝
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 朝
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 朝
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 朝
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 朝
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 朝
Liannan 朝
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 朝
Jiexi 朝
Changting 朝
Wuping 朝
Wuping (Pingyu) 朝
Liancheng 天光
Ninghua 朝飯
Yudu 晨朝
Ruijin 朝
Shicheng 朝飯
Shangyou (Shexi) 早晨
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 朝
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 朝
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 朝
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 朝
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 朝
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 早頓, 早, 晨早
Hong Kong 朝, 朝飯
Luchuan 朝
Luchuan (Daqiao) 朝, 早點
Sabah (Longchuan) 早餐
Senai (Huiyang) 朝, 早餐
Singkawang 朝
Huizhou Jixi 早飯
Shexian 早飯
Huangshan (Tunxi) 天光
Xiuning 天光
Yixian 天光
Qimen 點心
Wuyuan 朝飯, 朝粥
Jin Taiyuan 早清飯, 清早飯, 打早飯
Pingyao 早起飯, 早晨飯
Xinzhou 打早飯, 早起飯, 早升飯
Taibus (Baochang) 早飯
Linhe 早飯
Jining 早飯
Hohhot 早飯
Baotou 早飯
Dongsheng 早飯
Haibowan 早點
Northern Min Jian'ou 早
Jian'ou (Dikou) 早
Songxi 飯
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 飯
Wuyishan 朝
Pucheng (Shibei) 朝
Eastern Min Fuzhou 早
Fuqing 飯, 早
Zhouning 飯
Southern Min Xiamen 早頓, 早起頓, 早起
Quanzhou 早頓, 早起頓, 早起
Yongchun 早起
Zhangzhou 早頓, 早起頓, 早起
Singapore (Hokkien) 早起頓, 早起, 早餐, 早頓
Manila (Hokkien) 早餐, 早起
Zhangping 飯
Zhangping (Yongfu) 飯
Chaozhou 眠起, 早餐
Shantou 猛早頓, 猛早, 早飯, 早糜
Haifeng 眠早
Bangkok (Teochew) 早餐, 早頓
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 早餐
Singapore (Teochew) 早餐
Leizhou 早糜, 早
Wenchang 糜旦, 天光糜, 早
Haikou 天光糜, 天光, 天光早糜, 天光早, 天光白糜, 天光白
Qionghai 早糜, 早餐
Singapore (Hainanese) 早餐
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 早餐
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 早餐
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 過早, 朝飯, 點心
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 早飯
Wu Shanghai 早飯, 早點
Shanghai (Chongming) 飯
Suzhou 早飯
Wuxi 早飯, 早點
Danyang 早飯
Hangzhou 早飯
Ningbo 天亮飯
Wenzhou 天光
Jinhua 五更兒飯, 五更飯, 五更兒
Jinhua (Tangxi) 五更
Xiang Changsha 早飯
Loudi 早飯
Shuangfeng 早飯, 晨飯
Quanzhou 早飯
  • (lunch):
Dialectal synonyms of 午餐 (“lunch”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 午飯, 午餐, 午膳, 中餐, 中飯
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 午飯, 晌午飯, 晌飯, 早飯 first meal in a two meal system
Taiwan 午餐, 午飯, 中餐
Harbin 晌午飯, 晌飯
Singapore 午餐
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 午飯, 晌午飯, 中午飯
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 晌飯
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 晌午飯
Wanrong 晌午飯
Xi'an 晌午飯
Xining 晌午
Xuzhou 中飯, 晌午飯
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 晌午飯
Lanzhou 晌午
Ürümqi 晌午飯, 中午飯
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 晌午, 午飯, 中飯
Wuhan 中飯
Guiyang 午飯, 中飯
Liuzhou 晌午飯, 晌午
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 中飯
Yangzhou 中飯
Hefei 中飯
Cantonese Guangzhou 晏晝飯, 晏晝, 晏
Hong Kong 晏晝飯, 晏晝, 晏, 中午飯, 午餐, lunch
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 晏晝
Macau 中午飯, 晏
Macau (Tanka) 晏晝飯
Guangzhou (Panyu) 早飯
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 晏
Guangzhou (Conghua) 晏
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 晏晝
Foshan 晏
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 晏
Foshan (Sanshui) 晏晝
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 晏晝
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 晏晝
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 晏
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 晏
Zhuhai (Doumen) 晏晝
Jiangmen (Baisha) 晏晝
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 早朝
Taishan 早朝, 晏晝
Kaiping (Chikan) 早朝
Enping (Niujiang) 早朝
Heshan (Yayao) 晏晝
Yangjiang 晏
Gan Nanchang 晝飯, 中飯
Lichuan 晝飯
Pingxiang 中飯
Hakka Meixian 晝
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 晏晝
Dongguan (Qingxi) 晝
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 晝
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 晏晝
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 晏晝
Yudu 晏晝
Hong Kong 晝
Huizhou Jixi 晝飯
Jin Taiyuan 晌午飯, 中午飯
Xinzhou 晌午飯
Northern Min Jian'ou 晝
Eastern Min Fuzhou 晝
Singapore (Fuqing) 晝
Southern Min Xiamen 下晝頓, 日晝頓, 中晝頓, 下晝, 日晝, 中晝, 晝
Quanzhou 下晝頓, 日晝頓, 下晝, 日晝, 晝
Zhangzhou 下晝頓, 日晝頓, 中晝頓, 下晝, 日晝
Tainan 中晝飯, 中晝頓
Singapore (Hokkien) 日晝頓, 日晝, 下晝頓, 下晝, 下晡頓
Manila (Hokkien) 日晝頓, 日晝, 下晝頓, 下晝
Chaozhou 日晝
Shantou 日晝飯
Jieyang 日晝, 日晝飯, 日晝頓
Haifeng 下晝
Singapore (Teochew) 下旰飯
Leizhou 日晝糜
Wenchang 日晝
Haikou 日晝糜, 日晝
Qionghai 日頭晝糜, 日晝
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 日晝, 日晝飯
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 早飯
Wu Shanghai 中飯
Shanghai (Chongming) 點心
Suzhou 中飯
Danyang 晝飯, 中飯
Hangzhou 中飯
Ningbo 晝飯, 晝過飯
Wenzhou 日晝, 日晝廚
Jinhua 午飯
Xiang Changsha 中飯
Loudi 中飯
Shuangfeng 中飯, 晌飯, 晚飯 second meal in a two meal system
Hengyang 晌午飯
  • (dinner):
Dialectal synonyms of 晚飯 (“dinner (evening meal)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 晚飯, 晚餐, 晚膳, 夜膳
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 晚飯, 後晌飯
Taiwan 晚飯, 晚餐
Harbin 晚飯, 晚上飯
Shenyang 晚飯
Singapore 晚餐
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 晚飯, 晚上飯
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 夜飯
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 後晌飯
Wanrong 後晌飯
Zhengzhou 後晌飯, 黑家飯
Xi'an 後晌飯, 黑咧飯
Xining 黑飯
Xuzhou 晚飯, 晚上飯
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 晚夕飯
Lanzhou 黑飯
Ürümqi 黑裡飯, 下午飯, 晚飯
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 夜飯, 晚飯, 晚餐
Wuhan 晚飯
Guiyang 晚飯
Kunming 晚飯
Guilin 夜飯
Liuzhou 夜飯, 晚飯
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 晚飯
Yangzhou 晚飯
Nantong 夜飯
Hefei 晚飯
Cantonese Guangzhou 晚飯
Hong Kong 晚飯, 晚餐, dinner
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 晚飯
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 晚飯
Macau 晚飯
Guangzhou (Panyu) 晚飯
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 晚飯
Guangzhou (Conghua) 晚飯
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 晚頭
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 晚飯
Foshan (Shunde) 晚飯
Foshan (Sanshui) 晚飯
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 晚飯
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 晚飯
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 晚飯
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 晚頭
Zhuhai (Doumen) 晚黑飯
Jiangmen (Baisha) 晚黑飯
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 晚黑飯
Taishan 夜, 晏晝
Kaiping (Chikan) 晏晝
Enping (Niujiang) 晚夜
Heshan (Yayao) 晚飯
Dongguan 晚飯
Shaoguan 夜飯
Yangjiang 晚
Xinyi 晚
Lianjiang 晚
Nanning 夜飯
Wuzhou 夜飯
Yulin 夜
Hepu (Lianzhou) 夜晚
Danzhou 烏昏
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 晚飯, 晚餐
Gan Nanchang 夜飯
Lichuan 夜飯
Pingxiang 夜飯
Hakka Meixian 夜
Xingning 夜
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 晚
Huidong (Daling) 夜
Dongguan (Qingxi) 夜
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 夜
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 晚飯
Wuhua (Meilin) 夜
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 夜
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 夜
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 夜
Changting 暗
Wuping 夜
Wuping (Pingyu) 夜
Liancheng 暗
Ninghua 夜飯
Yudu 夜晡, 暗晡
Ruijin 夜
Shicheng 夜飯
Shangyou (Shexi) 夜飯
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 夜, 暗餐, 夜餐, 晚餐
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 夜, 晚餐
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 夜, 暗餐, 夜餐, 晚餐
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 夜, 暗餐, 晚餐
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 夜, 暗餐, 晚餐
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 夜, 暗頓
Hong Kong 夜
Luchuan (Daqiao) 夜
Sabah (Longchuan) 夜
Senai (Huiyang) 夜
Singkawang 夜
Huizhou Jixi 夜飯
Jin Taiyuan 黑夜飯, 晚飯
Xinzhou 黑勞飯, 黑夜飯
Northern Min Jian'ou 暝
Eastern Min Fuzhou 暝
Fuqing 暝
Matsu 暝
Singapore (Fuqing) 暝
Southern Min Xiamen 下昏頓, 下昏, 暗暝頓, 暗暝, 暗頓, 暗
Quanzhou 暗頓
Zhangzhou 下昏頓, 暗頓
Tainan 暗頓
Penang (Hokkien) 暗頓, 暝頓
Singapore (Hokkien) 下昏頓, 下昏, 暗頓, 暝頓
Manila (Hokkien) 暗頓
Chaozhou 暝昏
Shantou 暝昏頓, 暝昏飯
Jieyang 暝暗, 暝暗飯, 暝暗頓, 暝昏, 暝昏飯, 暝昏頓
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 暝昏飯
Leizhou 暝昏糜
Wenchang 糜昏, 暝昏糜
Haikou 暝昏糜, 暝昏
Qionghai 暝昏糜, 暝昏
Puxian Min Putian 暝
Xianyou 暝
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 麻昏飯
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 夜飯
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 夜飯
Wu Shanghai 夜飯
Shanghai (Chongming) 夜飯
Suzhou 夜飯
Danyang 夜飯
Hangzhou 夜飯
Ningbo 夜飯
Wenzhou 黃昏
Jinhua 夜飯
Xiang Changsha 夜飯
Loudi 夜飯
Shuangfeng 夜飯
Hengyang 點心
Quanzhou 夜飯

Derived terms

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Verb

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點心

  1. (slang) to snack to satisfy one's hunger
  2. (slang) to think over; to consider; to ponder

Synonyms

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  • (to snack to satisfy one's hunger): 點飢／点饥 (diǎnjī)

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (點心):
  • → Japanese: 点(てん)心(しん) (tenshin, “snack; dim sum”)
  • → Korean: 점심(點心) (jeomsim, “lunch”)
  • → Vietnamese: điểm tâm (點心, “breakfast”)

Others:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
點 心
てん
Hyōgai 		しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

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點(てん)心(しん) • (tenshin) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 点心: snack; dim sum

Korean

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Hanja in this term
點心

Noun

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點心 • (jeomsim) (hangeul 점심)

  1. hanja form? of 점심 (“lunch, luncheon”)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
點心

Noun

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點心

  1. chữ Hán form of điểm tâm (“breakfast”).
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