點心

		to light, to kindle; to touch briefly	heart; mind
trad. (點心)		點	心
simp. (点心)		点	心

First appeared during the Tang dynasty, e.g. from the Book of Tang:

「唐鄭為江淮留侯，家人備夫人晨饌，夫人謂其弟曰：『治妝未畢，我未及餐，爾且可點心。』」

Tang Zheng was the official for the Jianghuai region. (One day), after the servants prepared the morning meal, Tang's wife said to his brother, 'I have not finished doing my makeup. You can have some snacks (lit. refresh your hearts) before I am ready to eat.

點心

1. snack; light refreshment

   你沒吃晚飯吧，我這兒有點心，你拿著吃。 [MSC, trad.]
   你没吃晚饭吧，我这儿有点心，你拿着吃。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ méi chī wǎnfàn ba, wǒ zhèr yǒu diǎnxīn, nǐ ná zhe chī. [Pinyin]

   You haven't had dinner. Take this snack.

2. dim sum

   點心師傅／点心师傅 [Cantonese]  ―  dim² sam¹ si¹ fu^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   我哋食咗四五籠點心。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我哋食咗四五笼点心。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ dei⁶ sik⁶ zo² sei³ ng⁵ lung⁴ dim² sam¹. [Jyutping]

   We had four or five baskets of dim sum.

3. pastry
4. (dialectal) (light) breakfast
5. (dialectal Wu) lunch

• (snack): 餐點／餐点 (cāndiǎn)
• (pastry): 糕點／糕点 (gāodiǎn), 糕餅／糕饼 (gāobǐng); (Hokkien) 糕仔, 糕仔餅／糕仔饼
• (breakfast):

• (lunch):

點心

1. (slang) to snack to satisfy one's hunger
2. (slang) to think over; to consider; to ponder

• (to snack to satisfy one's hunger): 點飢／点饥 (diǎnjī)

Others:

• → English: dim sum (via Cantonese)
  • ⇒ English: dim sim
  • → Tagalog: dimsum
• → Kavalan: tiamsim (via Min Nan)
• → Korean: 딤섬 (dimseom, “dim sum”) (via Cantonese)
• → Thai: ติ่มซำ (dtìm-sam) (via Cantonese)
• → Vietnamese: điểm sấm (“dim sum”) (via Cantonese)

Kanji in this term
點	心
てん Hyōgai	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

點(てん)心(しん) • (tenshin) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 点心: snack; dim sum

Hanja in this term
點	心

點心 • (jeomsim) (hangeul 점심)

1. hanja form^? of 점심 (“lunch, luncheon”)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
點	心

點心

1. chữ Hán form of điểm tâm (“breakfast”).