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十一点 (shí yī diǎn) — 11 o'clock

Definition

noun
11 o'clock

Examples

  • 十一点。
    Wǒ men míng tiān shí yī diǎn jiàn miàn ba.
    Let's meet at 11 o'clock tomorrow.
  • 十一点。
    Tā měi tiān shí yī diǎn shuì jiào.
    She goes to sleep at 11 every day.
  • 十一点。
    shí yī diǎn De huǒ chē mǎ shàng jiù yào kāi le.
    The 11 o'clock train is about to leave.

Origin

Characters in this word

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.

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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.

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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.

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