HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Things

有点儿 yǒudiǎnr “slightly” in Chinese

Said as yóudiǎnr

Traditional 有點兒

What 有点儿 means

  1. slightly
  2. a little
  3. somewhat

How to say 有点儿

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale有yǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale点diǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own儿rneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

Said as yóudiǎnr. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

有点儿 in a sentence

  1. 有点儿晚了，我们该走了。

    Yǒudiǎnr wǎn le, wǒmen gāi zǒu le.

    It’s getting late, so we’d better get going.

    Sentence #778877 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 不好意思，我有点儿不舒服。

    Bùhǎoyìsi, wǒ yǒudiǎnr bù shūfu.

    Excuse me, I’m not feeling very well.

    Sentence #4878943 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我有点儿感动。

    Wǒ yǒudiǎnr gǎndòng.

    I’m a little touched.

    Sentence #1504990 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 有点儿 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 有 (yǒu) drawn as one shape
有yǒuto have; there is

有 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA hand holding a piece of meat 月: to have.

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.

The character 儿 (ér) with each of its parts in a different colour
儿rnon-syllabic diminutive suffix
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

Memory aidSimplified from 兒, a child drawn with a big head. Only the legs 儿 are left today.

How to write 有点儿

有 6 strokes · 点 9 strokes · 儿 2 strokes

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

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

Words related to 有点儿

Words with 有

有yǒu · to have没有méiyǒu · not to have有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)有些yǒuxiē · some有时yǒushí · sometimes有意思yǒuyìsi · interesting有名yǒumíng · famous只有zhǐyǒu · only有人yǒurén · someone有关yǒuguān · to be related to

Words with 点

点diǎn · o’clock一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little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观点guāndiǎn · point of view

Words with 儿

儿子érzi · son女儿nǚ'ér · daughter哪儿nǎr · where这儿zhèr · here那儿nàr · there一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little面条儿miàntiáor · noodles好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing男孩儿nánháir · boy女孩儿nǚháir · girl

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FAQs

有点儿 (yǒudiǎnr) means “slightly” or “a little”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it yǒudiǎnr: yǒu with a 3rd tone, then diǎn with a 3rd tone, then r with a neutral tone. In speech it sounds like yóudiǎnr. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 有点儿 is written 有點兒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youdianr with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 有点儿 from the suggestions. Typing youdianr into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
有点儿 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older 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.