zhōng

clock; bell

HSK 1 #905

DEFINITIONS

钟 zhōng
  • surname Zhong
  • handleless cup
  • goblet
  • to concentrate
  • variant of 鐘|钟[zhong1]
  • variant of 鍾|钟[zhong1]
  • clock
  • o'clock
  • time as measured in hours and minutes
  • bell
  • CL:架[jia4],座[zuo4]

STROKES

WORDS

tóu zhōng dice cup
闹铃时 nào líng shí zhōng alarm clock
míng zhōng to toll a bell
毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
diǎn zhōng (indicating time of day) o'clock
lóng zhōng decrepit; senile
八点 bā diǎn zhōng eight-thirty; 8:30 (a specific time designated by the point of a clock)
几分 jǐ fēn zhōng a few minutes; several minutes
五分 wǔ fēn zhōng five minutes
二十分 èr shí fēn zhōng twenty minutes
十分 shí fēn zhōng ten minutes
三分 sān fēn zhōng three minutes
十五分 shí wǔ fēn zhōng fifteen minutes; a unit of time equal to a quarter of an hour
半分 bàn fēn zhōng half a minute
两三分 liǎng sān fēn zhōng two to three minutes; a short period of time, specifically referring to two to three minutes
一分 yī fēn zhōng one minute
四十多分 sì shí duō fēn zhōng more than forty minutes
十几分 shí jǐ fēn zhōng around ten minutes; a short period of time that is more than ten minutes
两点 liǎng diǎn zhōng two o'clock