蹲點

Chinese

		crouch; squat	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)
trad. (蹲點)		蹲	點
simp. (蹲点)		蹲	点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūndiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹ dim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūndiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dundiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tun¹-tien³
    • Yale: dwūn-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duendean
    • Palladius: дуньдянь (dunʹdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūndiǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣ ㄉㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dundiǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: tun¹-tien³-ʼrh
    • Yale: dwūn-dyǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duendeal
    • Palladius: дуньдяньр (dunʹdjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵⁵ ti̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon¹ dim²
    • Yale: jēun dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹ dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên¹ dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵ tiːm³⁵/

Verb

蹲點

1. (of a cadre) to work in a grassroots-level unit for an extended period of time to gain experience
2. to wait at a particular location, often hidden, for something to happen, such as of the police when detecting speeding drivers
3. (dialectal, colloquial) to take a dump; to defecate