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Definitions
- 1. clock
- 2. o'clock
- 3. time as measured in hours and minutes
- 4. bell
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Collocations
In telling time, 点 (diǎn) is used for the hour, while 钟 can mean 'o'clock' in some contexts, e.g., 几点钟？(jǐ diǎn zhōng?, what time is it?).
Common mistakes
钟 cannot be used to mean 'hour' as a duration; use 小时 (xiǎoshí) for 'hour'.
Example Sentences
2 shown现在几点了？墙上的 钟 停了。
钟 不走了。
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Words Containing 钟
minute
alarm bell
hour
alarm clock
to fall in love at first sight (idiom)
brief period of enthusiasm
to clock in for work
lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
atomic clock
Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus)
knell
Big Ben
chime
timer
desk clock
to have a special fondness (for sth)
wall clock
pendulum clock
a knell
to sound a bell
digital clock
digital clock
clock
Horologium (constellation)
lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
mechanical clock
desk clock
biological clock
dice cup
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]
quartz clock
stalactite
in a matter of seconds
(time) second
diabolo
doddering
chiming clock
ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
dice cup
past midnight
Admiralty, Hong Kong
Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), literary academic and novelist, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城
to fall in love
to treasure
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]
Zhongxiang, county-level city in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei
Zhongxiang, county-level city in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei
Zhongxiang county in Hubei
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]
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (1966-), Indonesian politician, governor of Jakarta (2014-)
(of a place) endowed with a natural beauty that nurtures people of talent (idiom)
Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits)
hourly rate hotel
stalactite
stalactite
bell chamber (at the top of a bell tower)
Zhongshan district of Liupanshui city 六盤水市|六盘水市[liù pán shuǐ shì], Guizhou
Zhongshan district of Liupanshui city 六盤水市|六盘水市[liù pán shuǐ shì], Guizhou
Zhongshan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
pendulum
Cherie Chung (1960-), Hong Kong actress
bells
Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu
Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[wéi kè duō · yǔ guǒ]
bell jar; dome (used to enclose or protect sth)
clockface
clock
clock face
past one's prime
extravagant lifestyle
hour
hourly worker
bell-cauldron script
dice cup
alarm clock
to toll a bell
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
(indicating time of day) o'clock
decrepit