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闹钟

nào zhōng

2-character word Traditional 鬧鐘

What 闹钟 means

1. alarm clock

The characters in 闹钟

• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟

Example sentences

• 您卖闹钟吗？
  Do you sell alarm clocks?
• 父亲把闹钟调到六时。
  Father set the alarm for six o'clock.
• 闹钟定在了早上5点。
  The alarm clock is set for 5 a.m.
• 被闹钟唤醒没有被鸟唤醒的好。
  Bèi nàozhōng huànxǐng méiyǒu bèi niǎo huànxǐng de hǎo.
  It's much better to be woken by the birds than by an alarm.
• 他买的第一项东西是一个闹钟。
  The first item he bought was an alarm clock.
• 每天早上我都要靠闹钟来按时叫醒我。
  Měitiān zǎoshang wǒ dōu yào kào nàozhōng lái ànshí jiàoxǐng wǒ.
  I depend on the alarm clock to wake up on time every morning.