點鐘

See also: 点钟

Chinese
 
point; dot; (decimal) point
point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word))
 clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (點鐘) 點 鐘
simp. (点钟) 点 钟
nonstandard simp. 奌钟
anagram 鐘點／钟点

Pronunciation

Classifier

點鐘

  1. o'clock
  2. (dialectal) hour

Usage notes
  • Unlike Mandarin and Cantonese, this word is not used for o'clock in Min Nan. For o'clock, simply use 點／点 (tiám) (ex. saⁿ-tiám = 3 o'clock).

Synonyms
  • (hour):
Dialectal synonyms of 小時 (“hour (counting)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †, 鐘點
Mandarin Taiwan 小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †
Harbin 鐘頭 †, 鐘點兒 †
Yantai (Muping) 鐘頭 †
Luoyang 鐘頭兒 †, 鐘點兒 †
Wanrong 鐘頭兒 †
Liuzhou 鐘頭 †
Yangzhou 鐘頭子 †
Malaysia 小時 †
Singapore 小時 †, 鐘頭 †
Cantonese Guangzhou 鐘 †, *, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 ×
Hong Kong 鐘 †, §, 鐘頭 †
Taishan 鐘頭 †
Dongguan 點鐘 ×
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鐘 †
Penang (Guangfu) 鐘 †
Singapore (Guangfu) 鐘 †
Gan Nanchang 鐘頭 †
Lichuan 鐘頭 †
Hakka Meixian 點鐘 ×
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 點鐘 ×
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 點鐘 ×
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 點鐘 ×
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 點鐘 ×
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 點鐘 ×
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 點鐘 ×
Huizhou Jixi 鐘頭 †
Jin Taiyuan 鐘頭 †
Min Bei Jian'ou 點鐘 ×, 鐘頭
Min Dong Fuzhou 點鐘 ×
Singapore (Fuqing) 點鐘 ×
Min Nan Xiamen 點鐘 ×
Shishi 點鐘 ×
Tainan 點鐘 ×
Penang (Hokkien) 點鐘 ×
Singapore (Hokkien) 點鐘 ×
Manila (Hokkien) 點鐘 ×
Chaozhou 點鐘 ×
Shantou 點鐘 ×
Shantou (Chenghai) 點鐘 ×
Jieyang 點鐘 ×
Singapore (Teochew) 點鐘 ×
Haikou 鐘頭 †
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 點鐘 ×
Wu Shanghai 鐘頭 †
Danyang 鐘頭 †
Ningbo 鐘頭 †
Note † - requires the classifier 個; ‡ - can be used with or without the classifier 個; § - requires the classifier 粒; * - requires the classifier 句; ¶ - requires the classifier 隻; × - cannot be used with a classifier

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