Dim sum Variety of dim sum inside a restaurant kitchen, Beijing, China Traditional Chinese 點心 Simplified Chinese 点心 Cantonese Yale dím sām Hanyu Pinyin diǎn xin Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin diǎn xin IPA [tjɛ̀nɕin] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization dím sām IPA [tǐːmsɐ́m] Jyutping dim2 sam1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ tiám-sim