Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 钟

surname Zhong

handleless cup; goblet
(bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
variant of 鐘／钟 (zhōng)

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 (sāndiānzhong) "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘／五分钟 (wufěnzhong) "five minutes" etc)

dice cup

decrepit
senile

Zhongxiang, county-level city in Jingmen 荊門／荆门 ( Jīngmén), Hubei

to toll a bell

hour
CL:個／个 (gè)

wall clock

minute

(time) second

hour
specified time

to treasure
to be very fond of

dice cup

desk clock

dice cup

Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市 ( Chángzhōushì), Jiangsu

to fall in love
to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art)

alarm bell

knell

chime

stalactite

diabolo (Chinese yo-yo)

(of a prostitute) to do an outcall
to accompany a customer to their place

clock

pendulum clock

set of bells (old Chinese music instrument)

to clock in for work

past midnight

Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 ( Cáo Wèi) and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書／楷书 (kǎishū)

desk clock

Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits)
(fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil

clock

pendulum

to sound a bell
(of a clock) to chime

bell jar; dome (used to enclose or protect sth)

clock face

alarm clock

bell chamber (at the top of a bell tower)

Zhongshan district of Liupanshui city 六盤水市／六盘水市 ( Liùpánshuǐshì), Guizhou
Zhongshan county in Hezhou 賀州／贺州 ( Hèzhōu), Guangxi

bell tower
campanile
clock tower
Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc

(indicating time of day) o'clock

Admiralty, Hong Kong

bells

stalactite

Big Ben

zhōngdiǎngōng

hourly worker
hourly job

Zhōng Shǎnshǎn

Zhong Shanshan (1954-), Chinese billionaire businessman, the founder and chairperson of Nongfu Spring 農夫山泉／农夫山泉 ( Nóngfū Shānquán)

dìngshízhōng

timer
timing clock
alarm clock

shíyīngzhōng

quartz clock

chiming clock

Zhōngshānxiàn

Zhongshan county in Hezhou 賀州／贺州 ( Hèzhōu), Guangxi

Zhōngxiáng Xiàn

Zhongxiang county in Hubei

atomic clock

Zhōngxiáng Shì

Zhongxiang, county-level city in Jingmen 荊門／荆门 ( Jīngmén), Hubei

shēngwùzhōng

biological clock

Zhōng Chǔhóng

Cherie Chung (1960-), Hong Kong actress

any minute now; in next to no time
at every minute; constantly

Horologium (constellation)

qiāosāngzhōng

a knell

mechanical clock

miǎomiǎozhōng

in a matter of seconds
swiftly
rapidly

Zhōng Wànxué

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (1966-), Indonesian politician, governor of Jakarta (2014-)

Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市 ( Chángzhōushì), Jiangsu

zhōngbiǎopán

clockface

zhōngdiǎnfáng

hotel room rented at an hourly rate

diàozhōnghuā

Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus)

stalactite

digital clock

zhōngdǐngwén

bell-cauldron script
the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions

Zhongshan district of Liupanshui city 六盤水市／六盘水市 ( Liùpánshuǐshì), Guizhou

Qián Zhōngshū

Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城／围城 ( Wéichéng)

zhōngmíngdǐngshí

extravagant lifestyle

shùzìshízhōng

digital clock

Zhōnglóuguàirén

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果／维克多·雨果 ( Wéikèduō· Yǔguǒ)

zhōngmínglòujìn

past one's prime
in one's declining years

mùgǔchénzhōng

lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
the passage of time in a disciplined existence

lǎotàilóngzhōng

doddering; senile

qíngyǒudúzhōng

to have a special fondness (for sth)

nàolíngshízhōng

alarm clock

chénzhōngmùgǔ

lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress

zhōnglíngyùxiù

(of a place) endowed with a natural beauty that nurtures people of talent (idiom)

yījiànzhōngqíng

to fall in love at first sight (idiom)

sānfēnzhōngrèdù

三分钟热度

[三分鐘熱度]

brief period of enthusiasm
flash in the pan

huángzhōnghuǐqìwǎfǔléimíng

黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣

[黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴]

lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng

做一天和尚撞一天钟

[做一天和尚撞一天鐘]

lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
fig. to do one's job mechanically
to hold a position passively

dāngyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng

当一天和尚撞一天钟

[當一天和尚撞一天鐘]

see 做一天和尚撞一天鐘／做一天和尚撞一天钟 (zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng)

táishàngyīfēnzhōng,táixiàshíniángōng

台上一分钟，台下十年功

[臺上一分鐘，臺下十年功]

ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)