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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *点* | 点* | *点
point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *时* | 时* | *时
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钟* | 钟* | *钟
a (large) bell (CL:) / clock (CL:) / amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点,,) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟 "five minutes" etc)
HSK 3
alarm clock
HSK 4
day and night / around the clock
HSK 6
pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location
clock
a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟)
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
hand of a clock / hour hand
clock
bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
(indicating time of day) o'clock
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗒* | 嗒* | *嗒
(onom.) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the clatter of horse hooves etc
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘀* | 嘀* | *嘀
(onom.) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
to sound a bell / (of a clock) to chime
(onom.) pattering sound / drip drip (of water) / tick tock (of clock) / also pr. [di1 da5]
alarm bell (on a clock or phone)
wall clock
second hand (of a clock)
minute hand (of a clock or watch)
hand of a clock
(coll.) to work non-stop; to work around the clock
water clock; clepsydra / to drip
desk clock
(of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
desk clock
pendulum clock
balance (of a watch or clock) / balance wheel
water clock / clepsydra
chiming clock
stopwatch / (sports) to stop the clock
to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time
minute hand (of a clock or watch) / double crochet
water clock used to mark night watches
ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock
clock face
biological clock
digital clock
digital clock
time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock
to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back
timer / timing clock / alarm clock
mechanical clock
to clock in for work
day and night / round-the-clock
atomic clock
hourglass / water clock / clepsydra
quartz clock
time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock
alarm clock


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