钟 鐘
zhōng
HSK level: HSK 7–9
Meaning
a (large) bell (CL:架 jià); clock (CL:座 zuò); amount of time; o'clock (点 diǎn,分 fēn,秒 miǎo) (as in 三点钟 sān diǎn zhōng "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分钟 wǔ fēn zhōng "five minutes" etc); handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
Other reading: Zhōng
surname Zhong
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Characters
Examples
钟还没响。
Zhōng hái méi xiǎng.
The bell hasn't rung yet.
钟响过了吗？
Zhōng xiǎng guò le ma?
Has the bell rung?
您几点钟上班？
Nín jǐ diǎn zhōng shàng bān?
What time do you go to work?
Words with this character
分钟 fēn zhōng minute闹钟 nào zhōng alarm clock钟头 zhōng tóu hour警钟 jǐng zhōng alarm bell点钟 diǎn zhōng o'clock时钟 shí zhōng clock一见钟情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng to fall in love at first sight钟馗 Zhōng Kuí Zhong Kui钟繇 Zhōng Yáo Zhong Yao, minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 Cáo Wèi and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷书 kǎi shū钟山 Zhōng shān see 钟山县 Zhōng shān Xiàn钟祥 Zhōng xiáng see 钟祥市 Zhōng xiáng Shì摆钟 bǎi zhōng pendulum clock编钟 biān zhōng set of bells出钟 chū zhōng to do an outcall挂钟 guà zhōng wall clock金钟 jīn zhōng Admiralty, Hong Kong空钟 kōng zhong diabolo龙钟 lóng zhōng decrepit秒钟 miǎo zhōng second鸣钟 míng zhōng to toll a bell敲钟 qiāo zhōng to sound a bell丧钟 sāng zhōng knell色钟 shǎi zhōng variant of 色盅 shǎi zhōng