钟

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

zhōng ㄓㄨㄥ

  1. 鍾
    • handleless cup goblet
  2. 鍾
    • to concentrate (one's affection etc)

      bound form

  3. 鐘
    • a (large) bell
  4. 鐘
    • clock
  5. 鐘
    • 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)
  6. 鍾
    • surname Zhong

Classifiers (measure words)

a (large) bell

Usually

Less often

clock

amount of time

Usually

Less often

Other words read zhōng

In the same tone

  • 中 zhōng middle
  • 终 zhōng end
  • 忠 zhōng loyal
  • 锺 zhōng nonstandard simplified variant of 钟 zhōng
  • 衷 zhōng inner feelings

All 11 words read zhōng

zhong with other tones

  • 种 zhǒng seed
  • 重 zhòng heavy
  • 众 zhòng crowd
  • 肿 zhǒng swell
  • 冢 zhǒng mound

All 23 words read zhong in any tone

Other words read zhōng

In the same tone

  • 中 zhōng middle
  • 鍾 zhōng goblet
  • 鐘 zhōng (large) bell
  • 終 zhōng end
  • 忠 zhōng loyal

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 钟 is written

    部首 radical
    钅
    笔画 strokes
    9, with 4 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    钅中
    形旁 meaning
    钅
    声旁 sound
    中

    Words with 钟

    Starting with 钟

    • 钟祥市 zhōngxiángshì Zhongxiang, a county-level city in Jingmen City 荆门市 jīngménshì, Hubei
    • 钟声 zhōngshēng sound of a bell
    • 钟头 zhōngtóu hour
    • 钟表 zhōngbiǎo clock
    • 钟楼 zhōnglóu bell tower

    All 32 words starting with 钟

    Ending with 钟

    All 39 words ending with 钟

    Containing 钟

    • 一见钟情 yījiànzhōngqíng fall in love at first sight
    • 钱钟书 qiánzhōngshū Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 围城 wéichéng
    • 石钟乳 shízhōngrǔ stalactite
    • 晨钟暮鼓 chénzhōngmùgǔ fig. encouragement to study or progress
    • 三分钟热度 sānfēnzhōngrèdù brief period of enthusiasm

    All 8 words containing 钟

    Sources