DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

點金術

简点金术 · 繁點金術

Mandarin · pinyin diǎn jīn shù

Midas touch
golden touch

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

點: diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
金: jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
術: Look up this written character
点: diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
术: shù · art, skill, special feat; method, technique

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–1–4 · dian3 jin1 shu4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

點金術 · find source passages ↗ · 点金术 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗