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Mythic Mandarin

一点点 (yī diǎn diǎn): meaning and stroke order

一点点 (yī diǎn diǎn) means a little bit.

一点点

Simplified
一点点
Traditional
一點點
Pinyin
yī diǎn diǎn

Stroke order of 一点点

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

点

  • diǎn to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 點

Stroke by stroke

点

  • diǎn to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 點

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 一点点

  1. yī diǎn diǎn Traditional 一點點
    • a little bit

Radicals of the characters

一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
点
Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 9 strokes · 占 on top, 灬 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

一点点 in our stories

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  • 一个掌管风雨的龙王，最后输给的不是凡人的本事，而是自己那一点点不服气。

    yí gè zhǎngguǎn fēngyǔ de Lóngwáng zuìhòu shū gěi de bú shì fánrén de běnshi érshì zìjǐ nà yìdiǎndiǎn bù fúqì

    A Dragon King who ruled wind and rain was defeated in the end not by a mortal's skill, but by his own small refusal to lose.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 刚来的时候，冬天下午三点天就黑了，她常常一个人坐在窗前，看着雪一点点把路灯埋起来，心里空落落的。

    gāng lái de shíhou dōngtiān xiàwǔ sān diǎn tiān jiù hēi le tā chángcháng yí gè rén zuò zài chuāngqián kàn zhe xuě yìdiǎndiǎn bǎ lùdēng mái qǐlai xīnli kōngluòluò de

    When she first arrived, winter darkness fell at three in the afternoon. She would often sit alone at the window, watching the snow slowly bury the street lamps, feeling hollow inside.

    From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 他在书里反复强调，人命关天，官员判案的时候，哪怕只错一点点，也可能让一个无辜的人冤死。

    tā zài shū lǐ fǎnfù qiángdiào rénmìng guāntiān guānyuán pàn àn de shíhou nǎpà zhǐ cuò yìdiǎndiǎn yě kěnéng ràng yí gè wúgū de rén yuānsǐ

    Throughout the book he stressed that human life is paramount: when an official judges a case, even the smallest error can send an innocent person to an unjust death.

    From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 一点点

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).