钟 (鐘)
zhōng
Pinyin

Definition

钟 (鐘)
 - 
zhōng
  1. clock
  2. o'clock
  3. time as measured in hours and minutes
  4. bell
  5. CL:架[jià],座[zuò]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分钟
fēn zhōng
  1. 1 minute
钟
zhōng
  1. 1 clock
  2. 2 o'clock
  3. 3 time as measured in hours and minutes
  4. 4 bell
  5. 5 classifier: 架 jià
  6. 6 classifier: 座 zuò
时钟
shí zhōng
  1. 1 clock
生物钟
shēng wù zhōng
  1. 1 biological clock
秒钟
miǎo zhōng
  1. 1 (time) second

Idioms (6)

一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng
  1. 1 love at first sight (idiom)
做一天和尚撞一天钟
zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng
  1. 1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
  3. 3 to hold a position passively
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng
  1. 1 lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
  2. 2 the passage of time in a disciplined existence
台上一分钟，台下十年功
tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng
  1. 1 ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)

Sample Sentences

日久生情就是感情是慢慢培养起来的和一见钟情完全不一样。
rìjiǔshēngqíng jiùshì gǎnqíng shì mànmàn péiyǎng qǐlái de hé yījiànzhōngqíng wánquán bù yīyàng 。
With true love, feelings are slowly cultivated and completely different from love at first sight.
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对！接着，一只手放在三点钟、另一只手放在九点钟位置，利用拉胚机的离心力，这样就能把陶土往上拉高了，你们试一试。
duì ！jiēzhe ，yī zhī shǒu fàng zài sān diǎnzhōng 、lìng yī zhī shǒu fàng zài jiǔ diǎnzhōng wèizhi ，lìyòng lāpēijī de líxīnlì ，zhèyàng jiù néng bǎ táotǔ wǎng shàng lā gāo le ，nǐmen shìyīshì 。
Yes! Next, put one of your hands at a 3 o’clock position and the other at a nine o’clock position, and use the centrifugal force of the pottery wheel. That way you can pull the clay upwards. Try it for yourselves.
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她根本在我头上点火。这么多人上班开小差，她都睁一只眼闭一只眼。我只不过迟到三分钟，就让我写检讨书。
tā gēnběn zài wǒ tóushàng diǎnhuǒ 。zhème duō rén shàngbān kāixiǎochāi ，tā dōu zhēngyīzhīyǎnbìyīzhīyǎn 。wǒ zhǐbuguò chídào sān fēnzhōng ，jiù ràng wǒ xiě jiǎntǎo shū 。
She's basically sweeping me away. She turns a blind eye to every other employee that is absent-minded all day. I was only late for three minutes and she made me write a feedback report.
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方便面很方便，只要五分钟就能吃了。
fāngbiànmiàn hěn fāngbiàn ，zhǐ yào wǔ fēnzhōng jiù néng chī le 。
Instant noodles are convenient. It only takes five minutes to be ready to eat.
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还没下课，还有十分钟。
hái méi xiàkè ，háiyǒu shí fēnzhōng 。
Not yet. There are ten more minutes.
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闹钟一响我就醒来。
nàozhōng yī xiǎng wǒ jiù xǐnglái 。
As soon as the alarm rings, I wake up.
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再二十分钟，我们就要开会了。
zài èrshí fēnzhōng ，wǒmen jiùyào kāihuì le 。
We are about to start a meeting in 20 minutes.
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再五分钟我就要离开了。
zài wǔ fēnzhōng wǒ jiùyào líkāi le 。
I am about to leave in 5 minuets.
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我也有一个闹钟。
wǒ yě yǒu yīgē nàozhōng 。
I have an alarm clock.
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大概需要等候30分钟。
dàgài xūyào děnghòu fēnzhōng 。
It may take up to 30 minutes.
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