點鐘

See also: 点钟

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diǎnzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² zung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tiám-chûng
Northern Min (KCR): dǎng-cé̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): dēng-cṳ̆ng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiám-cheng

(Teochew, Peng'im): diam² zêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnjhong
  - Wade–Giles: tien³-chung¹
  - Yale: dyǎn-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanjong
  - Palladius: дяньчжун (djanʹčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dim² zung¹
  - Yale: dím jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dim² dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dim² zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiám-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: diam` zung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: diam³ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ti̯am³¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǎng-cé̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ²¹ t͡sœyŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dēng-cṳ̆ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛiŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒyŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiám-cheng
  - Tâi-lô: tiám-tsing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diafmzefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diam² zêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiám tseng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiam⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡seŋ³³/

Classifier

點鐘

o'clock
五點鐘／五点钟 [Cantonese] ― ng⁵ dim² zung¹ [Jyutping] ― five o'clock
(dialectal) hour
- 伊企 hia 有幾若點鐘久，到日暗，顧公所 ê 人來hōaⁿ伊 ê 肩頭講：「Iáu-bōe，反轉。」 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  伊企 hia 有几若点钟久，到日暗，顾公所 ê 人来hōaⁿ伊 ê 肩头讲：「Iáu-bōe，反转。」 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1889, "Si̍t-tián-má", in 台灣府城教會報 Tâi-ôan Hú-siâⁿ Kàu-hōe-pò, volumes 50–51
  I khiā hia ū kúi-nā tiám-cheng kú, kàu ji̍t-àm, kò͘ kong-só͘ ê lâng lâi hōaⁿ i ê keng-thâu kóng: “Iáu-bōe, hoán-tńg.” [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 一日讀幾多點鐘書呢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  一日读几多点钟书呢。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1902, J. Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, 54
  jat¹ jat⁶ duk⁶ gei² do¹ dim² zung¹ syu¹ ni¹. [Jyutping]
  How many hours do you study a day?
- 一點鐘行得幾多里路度呢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  一点钟行得几多里路度呢。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1907, J. Dyer Ball, Cantonese Made Easy, 28
  jat¹ dim² zung¹ haang⁴ dak¹ gei² do¹ lei⁵ lou⁶ dou^6-2 ni¹. [Jyutping]
  How many li will it go in an hour?
- 我那個鬼地方連請兩點鐘假，也要扣薪水 [MSC, trad.]
  我那个鬼地方连请两点钟假，也要扣薪水 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1947, Ba Jin, 寒夜 [Cold Nights], bilingual edition, →ISBN, chapter 3
  wǒ nàge guǐ dìfāng lián qǐng liǎng diǎnzhōng jià, yě yào kòu xīnshuǐ [Pinyin]
  They'll deduct my salary even for a two hour absence. That damn place!

Usage notes

Unlike Mandarin and Cantonese, this word is not used for o'clock in Min Nan. For o'clock, simply use 點／点 (tiám) (ex. saⁿ-tiám = 3 o'clock).

Synonyms

(hour):

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

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

幾點鐘／几点钟 (jǐdiǎnzhōng)

點鐘

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