"點止" meaning in Chinese

See 點止 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /tiːm³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 点止 [Simplified-Chinese], 點只
Head templates: {{head|zh|particle}} 點止
  1. (Cantonese) (used in rhetorical questions to indicate the actual extent is far greater) be much more than Tags: Cantonese Synonyms: 何止 (hézhǐ), 遮若 (chiah-nā) [Hokkien], 甲若 (kah-nā)
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "点止",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "點只"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "點止",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "ref": " 維他奶 /维他奶",
          "roman": "dim² zi² hei³ seoi² gam³ gaan² daan¹",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "點只汽水咁簡單",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "ref": " 維他奶 /维他奶",
          "roman": "dim² zi² hei³ seoi² gam³ gaan² daan¹",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "点只汽水咁简单",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(used in rhetorical questions to indicate the actual extent is far greater) be much more than"
      ],
      "id": "en-點止-zh-particle-OdHhL746",
      "links": [
        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ],
        [
          "than",
          "than"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) (used in rhetorical questions to indicate the actual extent is far greater) be much more than"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "hézhǐ",
          "word": "何止"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chiah-nā",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "遮若"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kah-nā",
          "word": "甲若"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim² zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim² zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dím jí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim² dzi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim² ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːm³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "點止"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "点止",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "點只"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "點止",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Cantonese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Cantonese particles",
        "Cantonese terms with quotations",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese particles",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 止",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 點",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Cantonese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "ref": " 維他奶 /维他奶",
          "roman": "dim² zi² hei³ seoi² gam³ gaan² daan¹",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "點只汽水咁簡單",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "ref": " 維他奶 /维他奶",
          "roman": "dim² zi² hei³ seoi² gam³ gaan² daan¹",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "点只汽水咁简单",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(used in rhetorical questions to indicate the actual extent is far greater) be much more than"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ],
        [
          "than",
          "than"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) (used in rhetorical questions to indicate the actual extent is far greater) be much more than"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim² zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim² zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dím jí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim² dzi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim² ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːm³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hézhǐ",
      "word": "何止"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chiah-nā",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "遮若"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kah-nā",
      "word": "甲若"
    }
  ],
  "word": "點止"
}

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