夠鐘

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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夠鐘

  1. (Cantonese) it's time; time's up
    夠鐘停筆 [Cantonese, trad.]
    够钟停笔 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gau3 zung1! ceng2 ting4 bat1! [Jyutping]
    Time's up! Stop writing! (spoken in an examination)
    夠鐘食藥 [Cantonese, trad.]
    够钟食药 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gau3 zung1 sik6 joek6 laa1! [Jyutping]
    It's time to take your medicine! / Stop fooling around! (sarcastic)
    學生夠鐘落堂即刻出去 [Cantonese, trad.]
    学生够钟落堂即刻出去 [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.