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时钟 (shí zhōng): Clock (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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时 • shí • time; season; period • HSK 3.0 · L2
HSK 3.0 · L2
shí时

time; season; period

钟 • zhōng • bell, clock, timepiece • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
zhōng钟

bell, clock, timepiece

Word Info

Pinyinshí zhōng
Meaningclock
Characters2
Syntaxnoun
4.

Example Sentences with 时钟

Qiáng墙
shàng上
de的
shí时
zhōng钟
zhǐ指
xiàng向
le了
shí十
èr二
diǎn点
。
The clock on the wall pointed to twelve o'clock.
Zhè这
zuò座
gǔ古
lǎo老
de的
shí时
zhōng钟
yǐ已
jīng
Tā他
xí习
guàn惯
yòng用
shǒu手
jī机
kàn看
shí时
jiān
经
zǒu走
le了
yī一
bǎi百
duō多
nián年
。
This ancient clock has been running for over a hundred years.
间
，
hěn很
shǎo少
kàn看
shí时
zhōng钟
。
He is used to checking the time on his phone and rarely looks at a clock.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 时钟.

Words with 时
  • 时候shí hou[duration of] time
  • 小时xiǎo shíhour
  • 时间shí jiāntime
  • 有时yǒu shísometimes
  • 小时候xiǎo shí houin one's childhood
  • 准时zhǔn shípunctual
  • 及时jí shíin time
  • 同时tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously; concurrently
Words with 钟
  • 分钟fēn zhōngminute
  • 闹钟nào zhōngalarm clock
  • 钟头zhōng tóuhour
  • 警钟jǐng zhōngAlarm bell
秒钟
miǎo zhōng
second of time
  • 钟声zhōng shēngbell sound; chime
  • 钟情zhōng qíngto be deeply in love with; to have a crush on
  • 钟点zhōng diǎnhour; time (of day)