Dictionary/钟

钟 鐘

钟 zhōng

ㄓㄨㄥ
NHSK 3TOCFL L2core 10k
1a (large) bell (CL:架)
2clock (CL:座)
3amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点,分,秒) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟 "five minutes" etc)

Characters

Examples

wǒ我yuē约le了tā他liù六diǎn点zhōng钟jiàn miàn见面。
我约了他六点钟见面。
I have an appointment with him at six.
他答应我五点钟到这里。
He promised me he will get here by five o'clock.
这个钟每天慢三分钟。
This clock loses three minutes a day.

See also: words & characters pronounced zhōng