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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
alarm bell
HSK 7-9
clock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钟* | 钟* | *钟
surname Zhong
(time) second
(indicating time of day) o'clock
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence
wall clock
Admiralty, Hong Kong
set of bells (old Chinese music instrument)
(idiom) doddering; senile
knell
desk clock
desk clock
pendulum clock
decrepit / senile
chiming clock
chime
to toll a bell
Big Ben
to have a special fondness (for sth)
biological clock
digital clock
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
a knell
dice cup
timer / timing clock / alarm clock
to clock in for work
(of a prostitute) to do an outcall / to accompany a customer to their place
any minute now; in next to no time / at every minute; constantly
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)
dice cup
past midnight
dice cup
alarm clock


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