He promised to be here at 6.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
点钟
(indicating time of day) o'clock
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(indicating time of day) o'clock
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 点钟 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 点钟 appears in 10 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I usually get up at eight.
I made an appointment to see him at seven o'clock.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 点钟.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 点钟.
Directly before
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Directly after
- 点钟关门1
- 点钟起来1
- 点钟之间1
- 点钟前来1
- 点钟来1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 点钟
What does 点钟 mean in Chinese?
点钟 (diǎnzhōng) means (indicating time of day) o'clock.
How do you pronounce 点钟?
点钟 is pronounced diǎnzhōng.
Is 点钟 an HSK word?
点钟 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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