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闹钟

鬧鐘
nàozhōng
noun HSK 4 #8,910

Measure Word

一只闹钟 zhī

Meanings

  1. 1 alarm clock

Characters

闹
nào
noisy; to make noise
钟
zhōng
clock; bell
A noisy clock — an alarm clock.

Examples

我设了早上六点的闹钟。
Wǒ shè le zǎoshang liù diǎn de nàozhōng.
I set an alarm for six in the morning.
闹钟响了，该起床了。
Nàozhōng xiǎng le, gāi qǐchuáng le.
The alarm went off, time to get up.
他关掉了闹钟又睡着了。
Tā guāndiào le nàozhōng yòu shuìzháo le.
He turned off the alarm and fell asleep again.

Tips

usage
设闹钟 (shè nàozhōng) = to set an alarm. 闹钟响了 (nàozhōng xiǎng le) = the alarm went off. In modern usage, people often say 定闹钟 (dìng nàozhōng) for setting a phone alarm.

Stroke Order

闹 nào
钟 zhōng