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

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• 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

1. o'clock

   五點鐘／五点钟 [Cantonese]  ―  ng⁵ dim² zung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  five o'clock

2. (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 †
	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 ×
	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 ×
	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)

 

Further reading

• “Entry #12507”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.