闹钟 (鬧鐘)
nào zhōng
Pinyin

Definition

闹钟 (鬧鐘)
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nào zhōng
  1. alarm clock

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分钟
fēn zhōng
  1. 1 minute
热闹
rè nao
  1. 1 bustling with noise and excitement
  2. 2 lively
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
闹
nào
  1. 1 noisy
  2. 2 cacophonous
  3. 3 to make noise
  4. 4 to disturb
  5. 5 to vent (feelings)
  6. 6 to fall ill
  7. 7 to have an attack (of sickness)
  8. 8 to go in (for some activity)
  9. 9 to joke
闹钟
nào zhōng
  1. 1 alarm clock

Idioms (10)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng
  1. 1 love at first sight (idiom)
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
  1. 1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
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
大吵大闹
dà chǎo dà nào
  1. 1 to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss
  2. 2 to make a scene

Sample Sentences

哎呀，你是不知道，早上叫醒我的可不是闹钟，而是对美好一天的憧憬和完美的晨间体验！
āiyā ，nǐ shì bù zhīdào ，zǎoshang jiàoxǐng wǒ de kěbushì nàozhōng ，érshì duì měihǎo yītiān de chōngjǐng hé wánměi de chénjiān tǐyàn ！
Come on, it's not like you don't know, what wakes me up in the morning ain't the alarm clock. It's the longing for an amazing day and the perfect morning experience.
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其实你知道吗？早起倒逼得我养成了早睡的好习惯，我以前一度也是“晚上刷手机睡不着，早上闹钟叫醒不来”，而很多早起的人都能早睡，这是睡眠守恒定律。哈哈。
qíshí nǐ zhīdào ma ？zǎoqǐ dào bī de wǒ yǎngchéng le zǎo shuì de hǎo xíguàn ，wǒ yǐqián yīdù yě shì “wǎnshang shuā shǒujī shuì bu zháo ，zǎoshang nàozhōng jiào xǐngbùlái ”，ér hěn duō zǎoqǐ de rén dōu néng zǎo shuì ，zhè shì shuìmián shǒuhéng dìnglǜ 。hāhā 。
You know what? Waking up early has actually forced me to get into the habit of going to bed early. I also went through a phase of "if I don't use my phone at night I can't sleep and I can't wake up in the morning even with an alarm". In actual fact, most people that rise early, head to bed early. That's the laws of quality sleep! haha.
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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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我也有一个闹钟。
wǒ yě yǒu yīgē nàozhōng 。
I have an alarm clock.
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张经理不好意思，我闹钟没响，起晚了。
Zhāng jīnglǐ bùhǎoyìsi ，wǒ nàozhōng méi xiǎng ，qǐ wǎn le 。
I'm sorry, Manager Zhang. My alarm clock didn't go off. I got up too late.
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定闹钟了吗？
dìng nàozhōng le ma ？
Did you set the alarm clock?
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