點睛

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	eye
trad. (點睛)		點	睛
simp. (点睛)		点	睛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎnjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² zing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnjing
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-ching¹
    • Yale: dyǎn-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanjing
    • Palladius: дяньцзин (djanʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim² zing¹
    • Yale: dím jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim² dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim² jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

點睛

1. (literally) to dot in the eyes on a painting
2. (figurative) to add the finishing touch

Derived terms

• 畫龍點睛／画龙点睛 (huàlóngdiǎnjīng)