圈點

Chinese

		circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)
trad. (圈點)		圈	點
simp. (圈点)		圈	点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quāndiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹ dim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quāndiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuandiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan¹-tien³
    • Yale: chywān-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuandean
    • Palladius: цюаньдянь (cjuanʹdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun¹ dim²
    • Yale: hyūn dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹ dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün¹ dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵ tiːm³⁵/

Verb

圈點

1. (historical) to punctuate an ancient text with dots and small circles
2. to annotate a text (with dots and circles) in order to highlight certain parts; to mark a text for emphasis

Derived terms

• 可圈可點 / 可圈可点 (kěquānkědiǎn)