點心

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Chinese[edit]

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

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[edit]

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
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/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tiemX/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		diǎn xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dim2 sam1

Noun[edit]

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
  3. pastry
  4. (dialectal) (light) breakfast
  5. (dialectal Wu) lunch

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 早餐 (“breakfast”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 早飯, 早餐
Mandarin Beijing 早飯, 早點
Taiwan 早飯, 早餐, 早點
Tianjin 點心
Ulanhot 早上飯
Tongliao 早上飯
Chifeng 早飯
Bayanhot 早飯
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 早上飯
Harbin 早上飯, 早飯
Shenyang 早飯
Muping 朝飯兒, 早飯
Jinan 早飯, 早晨飯, 早點
Luoyang 清早飯
Wanrong 早起飯
Zhengzhou 清早起來飯
Xi'an 乾早飯, 早飯
Yinchuan 早飯
Lanzhou 早飯
Xining 早起
Ürümqi 乾早飯, 早飯
Wuhan 早飯
Huanggang 早飯
Chengdu 早飯, 早餐
Guiyang 早飯
Kunming 早飯
Guilin 早飯, 早點
Liuzhou 早餐, 早飯, 早點
Xuzhou 早點, 早上飯, 早飯
Yangzhou 早飯
Nanjing 早飯, 點心
Hefei 早飯
Nantong 早飯
Malaysia 早餐
Singapore 早餐
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 趕早飯
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) 早餐
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 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
Conghua (Lütian) 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 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
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
Min Bei Jian'ou 早
Jian'ou (Dikou) 早
Songxi 飯
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 飯
Wuyishan 朝
Pucheng (Shibei) 朝
Min Dong Fuzhou 早
Fuqing 飯, 早
Zhouning 飯
Min Nan 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 Shaxi (Longdu) 早餐
Sanxiang 早餐
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 過早, 朝飯, 點心
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 早飯
Wu Shanghai 早飯
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
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
Muping 晌飯
Jinan 午飯, 晌午飯, 中午飯
Luoyang 晌午飯
Wanrong 晌午飯
Xi'an 晌午飯
Yinchuan 晌午飯
Lanzhou 晌午
Xining 晌午
Ürümqi 晌午飯, 中午飯
Wuhan 中飯
Chengdu 晌午, 午飯, 中飯
Guiyang 午飯, 中飯
Liuzhou 晌午飯, 晌午
Xuzhou 中飯, 晌午飯
Yangzhou 中飯
Nanjing 中飯
Hefei 中飯
Singapore 午餐
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 晏
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) 晏
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
Conghua (Lütian) 晏晝
Yudu 晏晝
Huizhou Jixi 晝飯
Jin Taiyuan 晌午飯, 中午飯
Xinzhou 晌午飯
Min Bei Jian'ou 晝
Min Dong Fuzhou 晝
Singapore (Fuqing) 晝
Min Nan 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
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
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 Shaxi (Longdu) 日晝
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

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

點心

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

Synonyms[edit]

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

Descendants[edit]

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[edit]

Kanji in this term
點 心
てん
Hyōgaiji 		しん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun[edit]

點(てん)心(しん) • (tenshin)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 点心)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 点心: snack; dim sum

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term
點心

Noun[edit]

點心 • (jeomsim) (hangeul 점심)

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

Vietnamese[edit]

Hán tự in this term
點心

Noun[edit]

點心

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