Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- zhōng
English
- clock
- a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4])
- bell; a metal designed to make loud sounds when struck physically
- bell
- clock (CL:座[zuo4])
- electric doorbell
- amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1 dian3 zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3 fen1 zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
- clock
- hour
- time
粵語
- 一個杯狀嘅金屬物件，被敲擊嘅時候會發聲
- 現代、尤其是電子製造嘅門鐘
- 時鐘；用嚟睇時間又唔係戴喺手腕度嘅儀器（量詞：個）
- 鐘頭；小時；六十分鐘（量詞：個／粒）
- 時間、時段
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 鐘
- 分鐘fan1 zung1
minute
- 分分鐘fan1 fan1 zung1
any minute now; in next to no time
- 時鐘si4 zung1
clock
- 金鐘gam1 zung1
Admiralty, Hong Kong
- 過鐘gwo3 zung1
exceeding time limit (spoken)
- 出鐘ceot1 zung1
(of a prostitute) to do an outcall
- 鐘點zung1 dim2
hour
- 起鐘hei2 zung1
the starting time of a masseur
- 買鐘maai5 zung1
to pay to take a night club hostess out of a nightclub [colloquial]
- 門鐘mun4 zung1
(noun) a door bell
- 鐘數zung1 sou3
the time
- 秒鐘miu5 zung1
(time) second
- 鐘頭zung1 tau4
(coll.) hour
- 街鐘gaai1 zung1
the hourly rate to take a nightclub hostess out of a bar [colloquial]
- 座鐘zo6 zung1
desk clock
- 掛鐘gwaa3 zung1
wall clock
- 夠鐘gau3 zung1
(adjective) time's up; it is time
- 試鐘si3 zung1
for a pimp to test out a prostitute and teach them the skills for the trade [colloquial]
- 警鐘ging2 zung1
alarm bell
- 鬧鐘naau6 zung1
alarm clock
- 鐘擺zung1 baai2
pendulum
- 點鐘dim2 zung1
(indicating time of day) o'clock
- 彈鐘daan6 zung1
to turn down the prostitute that one has been given and asking for a replacement to be sent instead [colloquial]
- 鐘錶zung1 biu1
clock