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钟

zhōng · zhong/Zhōng · zhong

Traditional 鐘 / 鍾

Meaning

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a (large) bell (CL:架 (jià))
clock (CL:座 (zuò))
amount of time; o'clock (CL:點 / 点 (diǎn),分 (fēn),秒 (miǎo)) (as in 三點鐘 / 三点钟 (sāndiǎnzhōng) "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘 / 五分钟 (wǔfēnzhōng) "five minutes" etc)

2 examples

这(zhè)个(ge)钟(zhōng)每(měi)天(tiān)慢(màn)三(sān)分(fēn)钟(zhōng)。

This clock loses three minutes a day.

墙(qiáng)上(shàng)的(de)钟(zhōng)突(tū)然(rán)停(tíng)了(le)，该(gāi)换(huàn)电(diàn)池(chí)了(le)。

The clock on the wall suddenly stopped; it's time to change the battery.

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