zhōng

Meanings

  1. handleless cup; goblet
  2. (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
  3. a (large) bell (CL:架[jià])
  4. clock (CL:座[zuò])
  5. amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[diǎn],分[fēn],秒[miǎo]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[sān diǎn zhōng] 'three o'clock' or 'three hours' or 五分鐘|五分钟[wǔ fēn zhōng] 'five minutes' etc)

Quick facts

Traditional
Strokes9
HSK LevelHSK 3
CEFRB1

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