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
钟头
zhōngtóu
hour
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他在候车室等了两个钟头，才听到检票通知。 Tā zài hòuchēshì děng le liǎng ge zhōngtóu, cái tīngdào jiǎnpiào tōngzhī. He waited in the waiting room for two hours before hearing the ticket-checking announcement.
- 从这里坐地铁到机场要一个半钟头。 Cóng zhèlǐ zuò dìtiě dào jīchǎng yào yí ge bàn zhōngtóu. It takes an hour and a half to get to the airport from here by subway.
- 她每天练一个钟头的钢琴。 Tā měi tiān liàn yí ge zhōngtóu de gāngqín. She practises the piano for an hour every day.