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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *點* | 點* | *點
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *時* | 時* | *時
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鐘* | 鐘* | *鐘
a (large) bell (CL:) / clock (CL:) / amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点,,) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟 "five minutes" etc)
HSK 3
alarm clock
HSK 4
day and night / around the clock
HSK 6
stopwatch / (sports) to stop the clock
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟)
(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location
clock
clock
wall clock
bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
(of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
(indicating time of day) o'clock
to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time
to sound a bell / (of a clock) to chime
biological clock
(coll.) to work non-stop; to work around the clock
pendulum clock
balance (of a watch or clock) / balance wheel
to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back
hand of a clock
desk clock
atomic clock
water clock / clepsydra
desk clock
second hand (of a clock)
minute hand (of a clock or watch) / double crochet
pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
chiming clock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗒* | 嗒* | *嗒
(onom.) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the clatter of horse hooves etc
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘀* | 嘀* | *嘀
(onom.) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
timer / timing clock / alarm clock
time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock
minute hand (of a clock or watch)
alarm bell (on a clock or phone)
water clock; clepsydra / to drip
quartz clock
day and night / round-the-clock
mechanical clock
time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock
ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock
digital clock
clock face
to clock in for work
digital clock
hand of a clock / hour hand
water clock used to mark night watches
hourglass / water clock / clepsydra
(onom.) pattering sound / drip drip (of water) / tick tock (of clock) / also pr. [di1 da5]
alarm clock


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