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HSK
minute
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钟* | 钟* | *钟
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钟* | 钟* | *钟
handleless cup; goblet / (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc) / variant of 鐘|钟
HSK 3
alarm clock
HSK 4
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
alarm bell
HSK 7-9
Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市, Jiangsu
bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
clock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钟* | 钟* | *钟
surname Zhong
(time) second
any minute now; in next to no time / at every minute; constantly
clock
(indicating time of day) o'clock
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence
Zhongshan district of Liupanshui city 六盤水市|六盘水市, Guizhou / Zhongshan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州, Guangxi
to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art)
Admiralty, Hong Kong
set of bells (old Chinese music instrument)
to fall in love at first sight (idiom)
(idiom) doddering; senile
knell
to treasure / to be very fond of
pendulum
desk clock
desk clock
(of a place) endowed with a natural beauty that nurtures people of talent (idiom)
pendulum clock
hour / specified time
lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
decrepit / senile
stalactite
extravagant lifestyle
chiming clock
Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits) / (fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil
stalactite
chime
to toll a bell
bell chamber (at the top of a bell tower)
Big Ben
bell jar; dome (used to enclose or protect sth)
stalactite
Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書|楷书
bells
wall clock
Cherie Chung (1960–), Hong Kong actress
to have a special fondness (for sth)
Zhong Shanshan (1954-), Chinese billionaire businessman, the founder and chairperson of Nongfu Spring 農夫山泉|农夫山泉
clock face
Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城
biological clock
digital clock
Zhongxiang, county-level city in Jingmen 荊門市|荆门市, Hubei
hotel room rented at an hourly rate
lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
digital clock
Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市, Jiangsu
Zhongshan district of Liupanshui city 六盤水市|六盘水市, Guizhou
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果
a knell
dice cup
Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus)
timer / timing clock / alarm clock
Horologium (constellation)
Zhongxiang county in Hubei
past one's prime / in one's declining years
brief period of enthusiasm / flash in the pan
to clock in for work
(of a prostitute) to do an outcall / to accompany a customer to their place
atomic clock
to sound a bell / (of a clock) to chime
mechanical clock
quartz clock
in a matter of seconds / swiftly / rapidly
diabolo (Chinese yo-yo)
ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
dice cup
past midnight
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (1966-), Indonesian politician, governor of Jakarta (2014-)
Zhongshan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州, Guangxi
clockface
hourly worker / hourly job
bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
dice cup
alarm clock
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)


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