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二十一点 (èr shí yī diǎn) — blackjack (card game)

Definition

noun
blackjack (card game)

Examples

  • 二十一点。
    Wǒ zhōu mò hé péng you yì qǐ wán èr shí yī diǎn.
    I play blackjack with friends on weekends.
  • 二十一点。
    Tā yòng le shí fēn zhōng jiù xué huì le èr shí yī diǎn de guī zé.
    He learned the rules of blackjack in ten minutes.
  • 二十一点，。
    Zuó tiān wán èr shí yī diǎn de shí hou, wǒ yíng le hěn duō qián.
    Yesterday while playing blackjack, I won a lot of money.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

Open 二 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

Open 十 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 點; 点 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
黑黑hēiblack
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn點diǎn(r)
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 點 pairs 黑 (black) with 占 for its sound; the simplified 点 is a later abbreviation.

Open 点 →
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