Clock in Chinese (Mandarin): 时钟 (shízhōng)
时钟
shízhōng
clock
- Simplified
- 时钟
- Traditional
- 時鐘
- Pinyin
- shízhōng
- Typed as
- shizhong
Use it in a sentence
早上起床要看时钟。
早上起床要看時鐘。
In the morning I look at the clock to get up.
The characters in 时钟
时 / 時
Time, hour. 日 (sun) is on the left.
7 strokes
钟 / 鐘
Clock; also a bell. 钅 (metal) is on the left.
9 strokes
时钟 is a "time bell". An alarm clock is 闹钟 (nàozhōng), and 点 tells the hour: 三点 (sān diǎn), three o'clock.
More examples with 时钟
时钟在墙上。
時鐘在牆上。
Shízhōng zài qiáng shang.
The clock is on the wall.
时钟滴答滴答响。
時鐘滴答滴答響。
Shízhōng dīdā dīdā xiǎng.
The clock goes tick-tock.
How to write 时钟 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
时 7 strokes
钟 9 strokes
In Traditional characters:
時 10 strokes
鐘 20 strokes
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