鐘 (zung1 | zhong1) : clock; time; hour; bell

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鐘

zung1

zhong1

[1] clock
[2] time (as stated in hours and minutes)
[3] [粵] hour | [國] 鐘點
[4] bell

(Classifier(s): 個 (for clock), 粒 (for hour), 口 (for bell))

钟 is the simplified form for both 鐘 and 鍾.

Stroke count: 20

Level: 1

Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鐘 / 钟

Don't confuse with:
鍾

This word has been viewed 14819 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Apr 2014 02:16

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點鐘 dim2 zung1 dian3 zhong1 = o'clock

幾點鐘 gei2 dim2 zung1 ji3 dian3 zhong1 = what time is it; at what time

分鐘 fan1 zung1 fen1 zhong1 = minute (time)

鐘頭 zung1 tau4 zhong1 tou2 = hour

夠鐘 gau3 zung1 = it's time; time is due; it's due; time's up 粵

門鐘 mun4 zung1 men2 zhong1 = doorbell

分分鐘 fan1 fan1 zung1 fen1 fen1 zhong1 = always; at any time 粵

校慢鐘 gaau3 maan6 zung1 jiao4 man4 zhong1 = to set one's clock back 粵

鐘樓 zung1 lau4 zhong1 lou2 = clock tower

鐘咭 zung1 kaat1 zhong1 ji1 = time card; clock card 粵
See all 61 compounds (CantoDict reports 63 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 21 examples containing 鐘

而家幾點鐘? 而家係三點三個字。粵
What time is it now? It's a quarter past three.

而家幾點(鐘)？粵
What is the time now?

我唔鐘意太濃嘅茶粵
I don't like tea that's too strong.
[Lit. I not like too strong [possessive particle] tea.]

蘋果，我鐘意㓟咗皮先至食粵
I like to peel apples before eating them.
[Lit. apples, I like peel [perfective zo2] skin only-then eat.]

我好鐘意飲珍珠奶茶。粵
I like to drink bubble tea!

我最鐘意嘅台灣歌手就係盧廣仲粵
My favourite Taiwanese singer is Crowd Lu.

敲響個鐘! 粵
Ring the bell!
[The bell here is large, as one might find in a church tower.]

我聽日七點鐘要起身。粵
I need to wake up at 7 o'clock tomorrow.

幾分鐘之後我就到國
After a few minutes I'll be there.

我在幾分鐘之內就到國
I'll be there in a few minutes.

一分鐘有六十秒。
There are sixty seconds in a minute.

一小時有六十分鐘。
There are sixty minutes in an hour.

呢隻草蜢，我好鐘意佢嘅聲音㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I very like his sound [particle]. Note that 㗎 can be used interchangeably with 囉 here.]

我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late.
[Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]

我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight.
[Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]

我已經寫明係七點鐘開始嘅。
I've already clearly put into writing that it starts at 7 o'clock.

搭地鐵由西灣河到銅鑼灣只需大概二十分鐘嘅車程。粵
It takes only around twenty minutes from Sai Wan Hoi to Causeway Bay by MTR (the Metro).

兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫，我攞咗佢去熨。粵
I took the shirts that I bought two weeks ago at my favourite shop to be ironed.
[Note: although the verb and object could be separated by the lengthy adjective clause 兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買, it's more natural and more easily understood use the topicalised construction in this example.]

細佬，冇人鐘意喺公眾地方著衫嘅，但係呢啲係法律呀粵
Kid, no-one likes to wear clothes in public, but it's the law!
[Lit. child, have-no people like in public place wear-clothes [particle], however these are law [particle]]

古典音樂我比較鐘意長笛獨奏粵
As far as classical music is concerned, I prefer solo flute.
[Lit. classical music, I comparatively like flute solo ]

我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫去熨粵
I've taken the shirt that I bought in my favourite clothes shop two weeks ago to be ironed.
[[literal] I taken-have two-weeks-ago in my most-like that-(classifier)-clothes-shop buy that-(classifier)-shirt go iron This Cantonese example shows how a relative clause is composed without a relative pronoun. ]

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