鐘

Simplified: 钟

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

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zhōng ㄓㄨㄥ

- a (large) bell
- clock
- amount of time o'clock (as in 三点钟 sāndiǎnzhōng "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分钟 wǔfēnzhōng "five minutes" etc)

Other words read zhōng

In the same tone

中 zhōng middle
鍾 zhōng goblet
終 zhōng end
忠 zhōng loyal
锺 zhōng nonstandard simplified variant of 钟 zhōng

All 11 words read zhōng

zhong with other tones

種 zhǒng seed
重 zhòng heavy
眾 zhòng crowd
腫 zhǒng swell
塚 zhǒng burial mound

All 23 words read zhong in any tone

How 鐘 is written

部首 radical: 釒 a form of 金
笔画 strokes: 20, with 12 after the 部首
结构 structure: 左右结构
偏旁 parts: 釒童
形旁 meaning: 釒
声旁 sound: 童

Words with 鐘

Starting with 鐘

鐘聲 zhōngshēng sound of a bell
鐘頭 zhōngtóu hour
鐘錶 zhōngbiǎo clock
鐘樓 zhōnglóu bell tower
鐘點 zhōngdiǎn hour

All 23 words starting with 鐘

Ending with 鐘

分鐘 fēnzhōng minute
編鐘 biānzhōng set of bells
秒鐘 miǎozhōng second
時鐘 shízhōng clock
警鐘 jǐngzhōng alarm bell

All 36 words ending with 鐘

Containing 鐘

石鐘乳 shízhōngrǔ stalactite
晨鐘暮鼓 chénzhōngmùgǔ fig. encouragement to study or progress
三分鐘熱度 sānfēnzhōngrèdù brief period of enthusiasm
吊鐘花 diàozhōnghuā Chinese New Year flower
時鐘座 shízhōngzuò Horologium

All 6 words containing 鐘

Example sentences and grammar articles using 鐘

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