钟
鍾HSK 3freq #1714
Meanings
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- 1.surname Zhong
- 1.handleless cup; goblet
- 2.(bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
- 3.variant of 钟[zhōng]
- 1.a (large) bell (CL:架[jià])
- 2.clock (CL:座[zuò])
- 3.amount of time; o'clock (CL: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)
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Wiktionary
- 1.vessel for containing alcohol
- 2.to concentrate one's love or attention
- 3.unit of capacity
- 4.younger brother
- 5.a surname
- 6.bell (Classifier: 架; 座)
- 7.clock (Classifier: 架; 座)
- 8.time measured in hours and minutes
- 9.hour (Classifier: 個／个; 粒; 句)
- 10.time
- 11.(the length or time period of) sexual services, such as that of prostitutes
- 12.metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tjoŋ, *tjoŋ): semantic 金 + phonetic 童 (OC *doːŋ). It indicates a bell, including a bronze large bell used in rituals in ancient China.
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Components
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Example sentences
钟还没响。
The bell hasn't rung yet.
汤姆把钟拆开了。
Tom took the clock apart.
汤姆把钟拆开了。
Tom disassembled the clock.
这个钟每天慢三分钟。
This clock loses three minutes a day.
那个钟每天都快了五分钟。
The clock gains five minutes a day.
唯一能听到的声音是钟的滴答声。
The only sound to be heard was the ticking of the clock.
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