(1) A dot, a spot, a speck. (2) A point. (3) A bit, a little. (4) To count, to check one by one. (5) To punctuate. (6) To light. (7) In the Ratnagotravibha^ga 宝性论, tien refers to the extremely subtle remaining habit energies that which impede the practices of bodhisattvas.