zhōng

handleless cup; goblet

surname Zhong; (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)

metal (钅) + 中 (sound: zhōng) = bell, clock

钅 tells you it is made of metal — a bronze bell or a metal clock. 中 mainly contributes the zhōng sound rather than a meaning here.

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墙上挂着一口大,每到整点就会响。

qiáng shàng guà zhe yī kǒu dà zhōng,měi dào zhěng diǎn jiù huì xiǎng。

A large bell hangs on the wall and rings at every full hour.

他只用了十分就把作业做完了。

tā zhǐ yòng le shí fēn zhōng jiù bǎ zuò yè zuò wán le。

He finished his homework in just ten minutes.

Words with 钟

钟表

zhōng biǎo

clock

金钟

jīn zhōng

Admiralty, Hong Kong

钱钟书

qián zhōng shū

Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城[Wei2 cheng2]

钟情

zhōng qíng

to fall in love

钟爱

zhōng ài

to treasure

钟楚红

zhōng chǔ hóng

Cherie Chung (1960–), Hong Kong actress

钟睒睒

zhōng shǎn shǎn

Zhong Shanshan (1954-), Chinese billionaire businessman, the founder and chairperson of Nongfu Spring 農夫山泉|农夫山泉[Nong2 fu1 Shan1 quan2]

钟祥

zhōng xiáng

see 鍾祥市|钟祥市[Zhong1 xiang2 Shi4]

钟祥市

zhōng xiáng shì

Zhongxiang, a county-level city in Jingmen City 荊門市|荆门市[Jing1 men2 Shi4], Hubei

钟祥县

zhōng xiáng xiàn

Zhongxiang county in Hubei

钟繇

zhōng yáo

Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書|楷书[kai3 shu1]

钟万学

zhōng wàn xué

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

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