zhōng

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Definitions

  1. 1. clock
  2. 2. o'clock
  3. 3. time as measured in hours and minutes
  4. 4. bell

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 钟

分钟
fēn zhōng

minute

警钟
jǐng zhōng

alarm bell

钟头
zhōng tóu

hour

闹钟
nào zhōng

alarm clock

一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng

to fall in love at first sight (idiom)

三分钟热度
sān fēn zhōng rè dù

brief period of enthusiasm

上钟
shàng zhōng

to clock in for work

做一天和尚撞一天钟
zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng

lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)

出钟
chū zhōng

(of a prostitute) to do an outcall

原子钟
yuán zǐ zhōng

atomic clock

吊钟花
diào zhōng huā

Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus)

丧钟
sāng zhōng

knell

大本钟
dà běn zhōng

Big Ben

套钟
tào zhōng

chime

定时钟
dìng shí zhōng

timer

座钟
zuò zhōng

desk clock

情有独钟
qíng yǒu dú zhōng

to have a special fondness (for sth)

挂钟
guà zhōng

wall clock

摆钟
bǎi zhōng

pendulum clock

敲丧钟
qiāo sāng zhōng

a knell

敲钟
qiāo zhōng

to sound a bell

数字时钟
shù zì shí zhōng

digital clock

数字钟
shù zì zhōng

digital clock

时钟
shí zhōng

clock

时钟座
shí zhōng zuò

Horologium (constellation)

晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ

lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress

暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng

lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice

机械钟
jī xiè zhōng

mechanical clock

台钟
tái zhōng

desk clock

生物钟
shēng wù zhōng

biological clock

甩钟
shuǎi zhōng

dice cup

当一天和尚撞一天钟
dāng yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng

see 做一天和尚撞一天鐘|做一天和尚撞一天钟[zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng]

石英钟
shí yīng zhōng

quartz clock

石钟乳
shí zhōng rǔ

stalactite

秒秒钟
miǎo miǎo zhōng

in a matter of seconds

秒钟
miǎo zhōng

(time) second

空钟
kōng zhong

diabolo

老态龙钟
lǎo tài lóng zhōng

doddering

自鸣钟
zì míng zhōng

chiming clock

台上一分钟,台下十年功
tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng

ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)

色钟
shǎi zhōng

dice cup

转钟
zhuǎn zhōng

past midnight

金钟
jīn zhōng

Admiralty, Hong Kong

钱钟书
qián zhōng shū

Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), literary academic and novelist, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城

钟情
zhōng qíng

to fall in love

钟爱
zhōng ài

to treasure

钟睒睒
zhōng shǎn shǎn

Zhong Shanshan (1954-), Chinese billionaire businessman, the founder and chairperson of Nongfu Spring 農夫山泉|农夫山泉[nóng fū shān quán]

钟祥
zhōng xiáng

Zhongxiang, county-level city in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei

钟祥市
zhōng xiáng shì

Zhongxiang, county-level city in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei

钟祥县
zhōng xiáng xiàn

Zhongxiang county in Hubei

钟繇
zhōng yáo

Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏[cáo wèi] and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書|楷书[kǎi shū]

钟万学
zhōng wàn xué

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (1966-), Indonesian politician, governor of Jakarta (2014-)

钟灵毓秀
zhōng líng yù xiù

(of a place) endowed with a natural beauty that nurtures people of talent (idiom)

钟馗
zhōng kuí

Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits)

钟点房
zhōng diǎn fáng

hourly rate hotel

钟乳
zhōng rǔ

stalactite

钟乳石
zhōng rǔ shí

stalactite

钟室
zhōng shì

bell chamber (at the top of a bell tower)

钟山
zhōng shān

Zhongshan district of Liupanshui city 六盤水市|六盘水市[liù pán shuǐ shì], Guizhou

钟山区
zhōng shān qū

Zhongshan district of Liupanshui city 六盤水市|六盘水市[liù pán shuǐ shì], Guizhou

钟山县
zhōng shān xiàn

Zhongshan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi

钟摆
zhōng bǎi

pendulum

钟楚红
zhōng chǔ hóng

Cherie Chung (1960-), Hong Kong actress

钟乐
zhōng yuè

bells

钟楼
zhōng lóu

Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu

钟楼区
zhōng lóu qū

Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu

钟楼怪人
zhōng lóu guài rén

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[wéi kè duō · yǔ guǒ]

钟罩
zhōng zhào

bell jar; dome (used to enclose or protect sth)

钟表盘
zhōng biǎo pán

clockface

钟表
zhōng biǎo

clock

钟面
zhōng miàn

clock face

钟鸣漏尽
zhōng míng lòu jìn

past one's prime

钟鸣鼎食
zhōng míng dǐng shí

extravagant lifestyle

钟点
zhōng diǎn

hour

钟点工
zhōng diǎn gōng

hourly worker

钟鼎文
zhōng dǐng wén

bell-cauldron script

骰钟
tóu zhōng

dice cup

闹铃时钟
nào líng shí zhōng

alarm clock

鸣钟
míng zhōng

to toll a bell

黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng

lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells

点钟
diǎn zhōng

(indicating time of day) o'clock

龙钟
lóng zhōng

decrepit