鐘點

See also: 钟点

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ dim²
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'zung¹ dien³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-tiám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-tien³
    • Yale: jūng-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongdean
    • Palladius: чжундянь (čžundjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 中點 / 中点 終點 / 终点 鐘點 / 钟点

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung¹ dim²
    • Yale: jūng dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tiːm³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 中點 / 中点 終點 / 终点 鐘點 / 钟点

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'zung¹ dien³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡suŋ⁴² tiɛn²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-tiám
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-tiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengdiarm
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiam⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiam⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiam⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ tiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /t͡seŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiam⁴²/

Noun

鐘點

1. time for something to be done or to happen
2. hour
3. (Hong Kong, specifically) hourly domestic worker

Synonyms

• (hour):

Dialectal synonyms of 小時 (“hour (counting)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †, 鐘點
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †
	Harbin	鐘頭 †, 鐘點兒 †
	Malaysia	鐘 †,§, 鐘頭 †, 小時 †
	Singapore	小時 †, 鐘頭 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鐘頭 †
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鐘頭兒 †, 鐘點兒 †
	Wanrong	鐘頭兒 †
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	鐘頭 †
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鐘頭子 †
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鐘 †, *, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 ×
	Hong Kong	鐘 †, §, 鐘頭 †
	Taishan	鐘頭 †
	Dongguan	點鐘 ×
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鐘 †, §, 鐘頭 †
	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 ×
	Kuala Lumpur (Huiyang)	鐘頭 ¶
Huizhou	Jixi	鐘頭 †
Jin	Taiyuan	鐘頭 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	點鐘 ×, 鐘頭 ¶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	點鐘 ×
	Singapore (Fuqing)	點鐘 ×
Southern Min	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	細時, 鐘頭 †
	Singapore (Hainanese)	點鐘 ×
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鐘 †, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 ×
	Zhongshan (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

Derived terms

• 鐘點工 / 钟点工 (zhōngdiǎngōng)
• 鐘點房 / 钟点房 (zhōngdiǎnfáng)
• 鐘點費 / 钟点费