The clock stopped.
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钟
Traditional: 鍾 · 鐘
zhōng
HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 5
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zhōng · zung1 (Jyutping)
- handleless cup; goblet
- (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
- variant of 鐘|钟[zhong1]
- a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4])
- clock (CL:座[zuo4])
- amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1 dian3 zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3 fen1 zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
- surname Zhong
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Character breakdown
钟
- Meaning
- clock; bell
- Radical
- 钅
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰钅中
- Cangjie
- OVL
- Four-corner
- 8570
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Example sentences
The clock has stopped.
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