鐘頭

See also: 钟头

Chinese

		clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (鐘頭)		鐘	頭
simp. (钟头)		钟	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung¹ tau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung¹ heu³

• Jin (Wiktionary): zung¹ tou¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tson-deu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongtóu
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: jūng-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtour
    • Palladius: чжунтоу (čžuntou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: jūng tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zuung¹ heu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵŋ³³ heu²²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zung¹ tou¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sũŋ¹¹ tʰxəu¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tson-deu
    • MiniDict: tson^平 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

Noun

鐘頭

1. (colloquial) hour (Classifier: 個／个 m c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小時 (“hour (counting)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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