HSK 6 · Ideas

要点 yàodiǎn “main point” in Chinese

Traditional 要點

What 要点 means

  1. main point
  2. key point
  3. essential

How to say 要点

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale要yào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale点diǎn3rd tone, dipping

要点 in a sentence

  1. 我们必须找到要点。

    Wǒmen bìxū zhǎodào yàodiǎn.

    We have to find the key point.

    Sentence #13931507 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 要点 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 要 (yào) with each of its parts in a different colour
要yàoto want; to need; to ask for
  • 覀cover form of 襾 · yà
  • 女woman · nǚ

Memory aidOnce drawn as a person with hands on the waist, its first meaning. That meaning moved to 腰 (yāo), and 要 became “to want”.

The character 点 (diǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap
  • 占to divine · zhānSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 占 (zhān) hints at the sound. Compare it with diǎn.

Memory aidSimplified from 點, a black 黑 dot. 占 (zhān) gives the sound.

How to write 要点

要 9 strokes · 点 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

要点 (yàodiǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 要点 (yàodiǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 要点

Words with 要

不要bùyào · don’t!要yào · want快要kuàiyào · about to需要xūyào · to need要求yāoqiú · to request重要zhòngyào · important主要zhǔyào · main就要jiùyào · about to要是yàoshi · if只要zhǐyào · if only

Words with 点

点diǎn · o’clock一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little有点儿yǒudiǎnr · slightly晚点wǎndiǎn · (of trains地点dìdiǎn · place特点tèdiǎn · characteristic (feature)优点yōudiǎn · strong point缺点quēdiǎn · weak point重点zhòngdiǎn · key point点心diǎnxin · light refreshments

More words: Ideas & Concepts

循环xúnhuán · cycle须知xūzhī · notice演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve眼光yǎnguāng · vision要素yàosù · key element遗产yíchǎn · heritage一帆风顺yìfānfēngshùn · plain sailing依据yījù · basis

FAQs

要点 (yàodiǎn) means “main point” or “key point”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yàodiǎn: yào with a 4th tone, then diǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 要点 is written 要點. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yaodian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 要点 from the suggestions. Typing yaodian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
要点 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.