點鐘
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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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): dim2 zung1
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): dǎng-cé̤ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): dēng-cṳ̆ng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dieng3 zoeng1 / dieng3 zyeng1
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): tiám-cheng
- (Teochew, Peng'im): diam2 zêng1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiám-chûng
- Hakka Romanization System: diamˋ zungˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: diam3 zung1
- Sinological IPA: /ti̯am³¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: diamˊ zhungˋ
- Sinological IPA: /tiam²⁴⁻³³ t͡ʃuŋ⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǎng-cé̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /taŋ²¹ t͡sœyŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dēng-cṳ̆ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɛiŋ³³⁻²¹ (t͡s-)ʒyŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: dieng3 zoeng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiɛŋ⁴⁵³⁻²¹ (t͡s-)nœŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: dieng3 zyeng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiɛŋ³³²⁻²¹ (t͡s-)nyøŋ⁵³³/
- (Putian)
- 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/
- (Hokkien)
Classifier
點鐘
- o'clock
- (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.]
- 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)
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.]
- (Puxian Min) clock
Usage notes
- Unlike Mandarin and Cantonese, this word is not used for o'clock in Southern Min. For o'clock, simply use 點／点 (tiám) (ex. saⁿ-tiám = 3 o'clock).
Synonyms
- (hour):
Dialectal synonyms of 小時 (“hour (counting)”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †, 鐘點 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小時 ‡, 鐘頭 † |
| Harbin | 鐘頭 †, 鐘點兒 † | |
| Malaysia | 小時 † | |
| Singapore | 小時 †, 鐘頭 † | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鐘頭 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鐘頭兒 †, 鐘點兒 † |
| Wanrong | 鐘頭兒 † | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鐘頭 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鐘頭子 † |
| 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 | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 鐘 †, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 × |
| Zhongshan (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 | |
- (clock):
Dialectal synonyms of 時鐘 (“clock”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 時鐘 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 時鐘 |
| Malaysia | 時鐘 | |
| Singapore | 時鐘 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 時辰鐘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 時鐘, 時辰鐘 |
| Hong Kong | 鐘, 時鐘 | |
| Dongguan | 時辰鐘 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 時鐘 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 時鐘仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 時鐘仔, 時鐘 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 時鐘 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 時鐘 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 時鐘 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 時鐘 | |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 時鐘 GT |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 時鐘 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 點鐘 |
| Xianyou | 點鐘 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 時鐘 |
| Wenzhou | 時辰鐘 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Entry #12507”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “点钟”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 149.