Chinese word

钟头

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhōng tóu

Meaning

  • nounhour

Example

我还有一个钟头的时间。wǒ hái yǒu yí gè zhōng tóu de shí jiān

I still have an hour left.

Illustration for 钟头 (hour)

More examples

医生建议休息半个钟头。yī shēng jiàn yì xiū xī bàn gè zhōng tóu

The doctor recommended resting for half an hour.

Core concept

A spoken time unit for one complete stretch of sixty minutes.

Common phrases

  • 大约一个钟头dà yuē yí gè zhōng tóu

    about an hour

  • 半个钟头bàn gè zhōng tóu

    half an hour

  • 好几个钟头háo jǐ gè zhōng tóu

    several hours

Similar words

小时xiǎo shí: A measure of time covering one complete period of sixty minutes.
时间shí jiān: Time as a general concept, including duration and the passing of moments.
时刻shí kè: A fixed time or exact moment when something happens.
钟点zhōng diǎn: An hour used as a basis for measuring labor or setting a charge.

Definition in Chinese

汉语口语中的时间名词，表示一小时（60分钟），常与数词连用以说明时间长度。hàn yǔ kóu yǔ zhōng de shí jiān míng cí biǎo shì yì xiǎo shí 60 fēn zhōng cháng yǔ shù cí lián yòng yǐ shuō míng shí jiān cháng dù

Word origin

钟头 (zhōngtóu, "hour") combines 钟 (zhōng, "clock or bell") + 头 (tóu, "head"), with 头 serving as a noun-forming ending in this colloquial time expression.

Usage tips

  • In everyday speech, a numeral commonly comes before this noun, and a classifier often appears when stating a duration.

Opposites

Related words

  • 钟头儿zhōng tóurhournoun

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