"Clock" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shí zhōng clock
 zhōng biǎo clock
 jì shí qì timer / chronograph / timepiece / clock / timekeeping device (sundial, water clock)
 zhōng clock / o'clock / time as measured in hours and minutes / bell / CL:架[jia4],座[zuo4]
 zhǐ zhēn pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
 nào zhōng alarm clock
 rì yè day and night / around the clock
 fù gǔ 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)
 zhōng lóu bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
 shēng wù zhōng biological clock
 dǎ kǎ (of an employee) to clock on (or off) / to punch in (or out) / (Tw) (on Facebook) to check in to a location
 shí zhēn hand of a clock / hour hand
 guà zhōng wall clock
 diǎn 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 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
 gǎn gōng to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time
 shí yīng zhōng quartz clock
 zuò zhōng desk clock
 jì shí sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock
 yuán zǐ zhōng atomic clock
 biǎo zhēn hand of a clock
 zì míng zhōng chiming clock
 kāi dào chē to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back
 shù zì zhōng digital clock
 dī (onom.) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
 lián zhóu zhuàn lit. to continuously revolve / to work non-stop / to work around the clock (idiom)
 dìng shí zhōng timer / timing clock / alarm clock
 tíng biǎo stopwatch / (sports) to stop the clock
 bǎi zhōng pendulum clock
 diǎn zhōng (indicating time of day) o'clock
 shù zì shí zhōng digital clock
 gēng lòu water clock used to mark night watches
 jī xiè zhōng mechanical clock
 dī lòu water clock / clepsydra / to drip
 dī lòu jì shí qì hourglass / water clock / clepsydra
 lòu hú water clock / clepsydra
 xù qiú ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock
 jì shí bǐ sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock
 zhōng shì belfry / clock room
 zhōng miàn clock face
 nào líng shí zhōng alarm clock
 tái zhōng desk clock
 fàng shè xìng tòng wèi sù jì shí biǎo radioisotopic chronometer / radioactive clock
  clock correction
  clock error / jitter
 nào zhōng wǔ qì alarm clock weapon / sloika weapon / layer cake weapon
 duō céng bǐng wǔ qì alarm clock weapon / sloika weapon / layer cake weapon
 shàng zhōng to clock in for work
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