钟 - zhōng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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鐘 (钟)

zhōng

Definition

clock
o'clock
time as measured in hours and minutes
bell

Character Decomposition

Related words (46)

bells

toll; bell (tone); ring

hour

belfry; clock room

pendulum

bell tower; campanile; clock tower; Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc

hour; specified time

bell canopy

clock

clock face

stalactite

hourly worker; hourly job

clockface

bell-cauldron script; the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions

鐘鳴漏盡

zhōng míng lòu jìn

past one's prime; in one's declining years

鐘鳴鼎食

zhōng míng dǐng shí

extravagant lifestyle

to clock in for work

knell

(of a prostitute) to do an outcall; to accompany a customer to their place

minute

desk clock

chime

desk clock

wall clock

pendulum clock

to sound a bell; (of a clock) to chime

clock

o'clock (indicating time of day)

(time) second

set of bells (old Chinese music instrument)

alarm bell

past midnight

alarm clock

to toll a bell

atomic clock

timer; timing clock; alarm clock

digital clock

a knell

mechanical clock

biological clock

quartz clock

stalactite

chiming clock

digital clock

alarm clock

brief period of enthusiasm; flash in the pan

Idioms (4)

一見鐘情

yī jiàn zhōng qíng

love at first sight (idiom)

晨鐘暮鼓

chén zhōng mù gǔ

(lit.) morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress

暮鼓晨鐘

mù gǔ chén zhōng

(lit.) evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice; the passage of time in a disciplined existence

黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴

huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng

(lit.) earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

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