夠鐘

See also: 够钟

Chinese

		to reach; to be enough	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (夠鐘)		夠	鐘
simp. (够钟)		够	钟

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ zung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³ zung¹
    • Yale: gau jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

夠鐘

1. (Cantonese) it's time; time's up

   夠鐘！請停筆！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   够钟！请停笔！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gau³ zung¹! ceng² ting⁴ bat¹! [Jyutping]

   Time's up! Stop writing! (spoken in an examination)

   夠鐘食藥啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   够钟食药啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gau³ zung¹ sik⁶ joek⁶ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   It's time to take your medicine! / Stop being mad! (sarcastic)

   啲學生夠鐘落堂就即刻衝嗮出去喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   啲学生够钟落堂就即刻冲嗮出去喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   di¹ hok⁶ saang¹ gau³ zung¹ lok⁶ tong⁴ zau⁶ zik¹ hak¹ cung¹ saai³ ceot¹ heoi³ laa³. [Jyutping]

   The students immediately rushed out when it's time for class to end.