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钟

zhōng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 鍾

What 钟 means

1. handleless cup; goblet
2. bound formto concentrate (one's affection etc)
3. variant of {钟|zhōng}

Other readings

钟 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhōnga (large) bell; clock; amount of time; o'clock (as in {三点钟|sān diǎn zhōng} "three o'clock"
• Zhōngsurname Zhong

Example sentences

• 钟停了。
  The clock has stopped.
• 钟还没响。
  The bell has not rung yet.
• 钟不走了。
  The clock does not run.
• 钟响过了吗？
  Has the bell rung?
• 九点钟锁门。
  The door is locked at nine o'clock.
• 休息10分钟
  Let's take a 10-minute break.

Words starting with 钟

• 钟头zhōng tóu(colloquial) hour
• 钟声zhōng shēngthe sound of a bell
• 钟楼zhōng lóubell tower; campanile; clock tower
• 钟爱zhōng àito treasure; to be very fond of
• 钟表zhōng biǎoclock
• 钟情zhōng qíngto fall in love; to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art)
• 钟点zhōng diǎnhour; specified time
• 钟点工zhōng diǎn gōnghourly worker; hourly job
• 钟馗Zhōng KuíZhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits)…
• 钟摆zhōng bǎipendulum
• 钟室zhōng shìbell chamber (at the top of a bell tower)
• 钟乐zhōng yuèbells
• 钟面zhōng miànclock face
• 钟山区Zhōng shān QūZhongshan, a district of Liupanshui City 六盘水市
• 钟点房zhōng diǎn fánghotel room rented at an hourly rate
• 钟楼区Zhōng lóu QūZhonglou, a district of Changzhou City 常州市
• 钟表盘zhōng biǎo pánclockface
• 钟楚红Zhōng Chǔ hóngCherie Chung (1960–), Hong Kong actress
• 钟楼怪人Zhōng lóu guài rénThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·维克多·雨果
• 钟乳zhōng rǔstalactite
• 钟乳石zhōng rǔ shístalactite
• 钟山县Zhōng shān XiànZhongshan, a county in Hezhou City 贺州市
• 钟琴zhōng qínglockenspiel
• 钟罩zhōng zhàobell jar; dome (used to enclose or protect sth)

Words containing 钟

• 分钟fēn zhōngminute
• 闹钟nào zhōngalarm clock
• 一见钟情yī jiàn zhōng qíngto fall in love at first sight (idiom)
• 时钟shí zhōngclock
• 钱钟书Qián Zhōng shūQian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress…
• 情有独钟qíng yǒu dú zhōngto have a special fondness (for sth)
• 警钟jǐng zhōngalarm bell
• 挂钟guà zhōngwall clock
• 生物钟shēng wù zhōngbiological clock
• 座钟zuò zhōngdesk clock
• 上钟shàng zhōngto clock in for work
• 出钟chū zhōng(of a prostitute) to do an outcall; to accompany a customer to their place
• 台钟tái zhōngdesk clock
• 空钟kōng zhongdiabolo (Chinese yo-yo)
• 编钟biān zhōngset of bells (old Chinese music instrument)
• 转钟zhuǎn zhōngpast midnight
• 金钟jīn zhōngAdmiralty, Hong Kong
• 点钟diǎn zhōng(indicating time of day) o'clock
• 分分钟fēn fēn zhōngany minute now; in next to no time; at every minute; constantly
• 原子钟yuán zǐ zhōngatomic clock
• 大本钟Dà běn ZhōngBig Ben
• 定时钟dìng shí zhōngtimer; timing clock; alarm clock
• 数字钟shù zì zhōngdigital clock
• 数字时钟shù zì shí zhōngdigital clock

Characters built on 中

These share the phonetic component 中 (zhōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 冲chōng(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse
• 仲zhòngsecond month of a season; middle; intermediate
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…
• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 衷zhōnginner feelings
• 忡chōnggrieved; distressed; sad

Characters that look like 钟

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 钾jiǎpotassium (chemistry)
• 钎qiāna drill (for boring through rock)
• 铆mǎoto fasten with a rivet; to rivet; to hammer in a rivet…
• 铈shìcerium (chemistry)
• 狎xiá(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously

Sounds the same

Read zhōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 中within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 终end; finish
• 忠loyal; devoted; faithful
• 衷inner feelings
• 锺nonstandard simplified variant of 钟
• 盅handleless cup; goblet
• 柊used in 柊叶
• 彸restless, agitated
• 伀restless; agitated
• 螽(grasshopper); Gompsocleis mikado
• 汷name of an ancient river in Hubei
• 忪used in 怔忪