闹钟
nàozhōng
alarm clock
Characters in this word
钟 zhōng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 中 central
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 闹钟响了。 Nàozhōng xiǎng le. The alarm clock rang.
- 我关闹钟。 Wǒ guān nàozhōng. I turn off the alarm clock.
- 闹钟在桌上。 Nàozhōng zài zhuō shang. The alarm clock is on the table.