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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *当* | 当* | *当
(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)
HSK 2
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铃* | 铃* | *铃
(small) bell / CL: 隻|只
HSK 5
ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation
HSK 5
alarm bell
HSK 7-9
electric bell
HSK 7-9
Bell (person name)
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铎* | 铎* | *铎
large ancient bell
bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
to sound a bell / to raise the alarm
to sound a bell / (of a clock) to chime
to drag out a lesson / to insist on extending class after the bell
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *锵* | 锵* | *锵
tinkling of small bells
flared trousers / bell-bottomed pants
little bell / CL: 隻|只
alarm bell
set of bells (old Chinese music instrument)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噌* | 噌* | *噌
sound of bells etc
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镛* | 镛* | *镛
large bell
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镈* | 镈* | *镈
ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell / hoe / spade
bell pepper, aka sweet pepper
lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum
bicycle bell
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *锽* | 锽* | *锽
sound of drums and bells / trident
bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喤* | 喤* | *喤
sobbing / sound of bell
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *虡* | 虡* | *虡
bell pendant stand
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鑶* | 鑶* | *鑶
(onom.) (sound of a bell)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鉌* | 鉌* | *鉌
small bell
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *韹* | 韹* | *韹
music of bell and drum
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *簨* | 簨* | *簨
cross-beam for hanging bells
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鑅* | 鑅* | *鑅
(onom.) for sound of bell (arch.)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *銾* | 銾* | *銾
sound of a bell
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *釪* | 釪* | *釪
an alms bowl / a small bell
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鎤* | 鎤* | *鎤
sound of a bell / small bell
rhythmical sound of a bell or a birdcall
bell made of copper or bronze
to toll a bell
doorman / bell boy
bell chamber (at the top of a bell tower)
bell jar; dome (used to enclose or protect sth)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鈬* | 鈬* | *鈬
Japanese variant of 鐸|铎, large ancient bell
bicycle bell (with a rotating internal mechanism)
bells
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
glass cover; bell glass
to ring a bell
Bell Labs
Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin
(onom.) sound of a bell: ding-a-ling
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound
the final bell (esp. in sports competition)
lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
bell
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)


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