钟 zhōng — bell; chime; clock bell; tolling bell; alarm bell; belfry; bronze bell
钟
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zhōng zhong1
Basic definition
noun
- bell; chime; clock bell; tolling bell; alarm bell; belfry; bronze bell e.g 警钟编钟钟楼撞钟
- clock; timepiece; alarm clock; watch; timer; chronometer; horologe e.g 钟表闹钟时钟
- hour; time; o'clock; hour mark; time of day; clock time; 60 minutes e.g 分钟钟头秒钟
- wine cup; goblet; beaker; bell-shaped vessel; chalice; drinking vessel e.g 钟鸣鼎食千钟
Detailed explanation
noun
measure word
- handleless small cup
- ancient unit of capacity e.g 钟石 · 钟庾 · 钟斛
verb
- concentrate e.g 钟萃 · 钟聚 · 钟泄 · 钟美 · 钟秀
- meet e.g 钟祸 · 钟值
- find sustenance in e.g 钟心 · 钟念
Related words
- 分钟 minute; 60 seconds; min.; moment; short while; minute mark; one-sixtieth hour
- 钟头 an hour; a clock time
- 警钟 an alarm bell; a warning bell
- 钟表 clocks and watches; timepieces; horology; watchmaking; timekeeping; horologe
- 钟爱 to dote on; to love deeply
- 情有独钟 to have a special fondness for; to be particularly attached to
- 钟情 to fall in love; to be devoted; to dote on; to love deeply; to be smitten; enamo
- 钟楼 a bell tower; a clock tower
- 时钟 clock; timepiece; horologe; wall clock; time clock; chronometer; time keeper
- 闹钟 alarm clock; alarm; waking clock; time alarm; alarm timer; bell clock; wake-up c
- 一见钟情 love at first sight
- 钟点 hour
- 挂钟 wall clock
- 钟点工 hourly worker; part-timer paid by the hour
- 生物钟 biological clock
- 编钟 a set of bronze chime bells
- 钟摆 pendulum
- 老态龙钟 feeble and doddering with old age
- 自鸣钟 a striking clock; a chiming clock
- 石英钟 quartz clock