00895 Chinese character of 鐘 and pronounce zung1

The Chinese character【鐘】is a word used to describe tools or music, and is mainly used for the following meanings:

Clock or bell. Explanation: (1) One of the musical instruments. A hollow percussion instrument made of copper or iron. For example: “The bells and drums rang together”, “The evening drum and the morning bell”, “The church bells sounded pleasant.” (2) Timekeeping device. For example: “clock”, “alarm clock”. (3)Minute: a measure word. The unit used to calculate time. Sixty minutes makes one hour. For example: “It took her thirty minutes to complete the puzzle.” (4) O’clock: a measure word. The unit used to calculate time. One o’clock is one hour. . For example: “Let’s meet at the school gate at ten o’clock tomorrow morning.”

Here’s the way to say this Chinese character aloud.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【鐘】:zhōng

Cantonese Jyutping of 【鐘】:zung1

Here is some fundamental information about the character 【鐘】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【鐘】, for example:Describe the instrument or music , It means mainly a clock or a bell .The richness of Chinese characters allows for a wide range of meanings, some of which may be too complex to be fully explained here.

【鐘】is a word that can combine with others to create more detailed terms or phrases, such as【時鐘、鐘聲】(Mandarin Pinyin:shí zhōng 、zhōng shēng/ Cantonese Jyutping:si4 zung1 、zung1 seng1)

This character has a total of 20 strokes,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,Here’s a practical example using this character.:


鐘聲響起,提醒人們該集合了。

The bell rang, reminding people that it was time to assemble.


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