钟 (pinyin: zhōng, written "zhong" or "zhong") means clock; bell. Below: its meaning, pronunciation, stroke order, and example sentences, so you can learn how to read, say, and write 钟.
Meaning
clock; bell
Stroke order
钟
Examples
十分钟。系好安全带。
shí fēn zhōng. jì hǎo ān quán dài.
Ten minutes. Buckle up.
闹钟响了三次,我才起床。
nào zhōng xiǎng le sān cì, wǒ cái qǐ chuáng.
The alarm rang three times before I got up.
他看了看车窗外面,还是隧道。已经过了二十分钟,没有任何一站到来。
tā kàn le kàn chē chuāng wài miàn, hái shì suì dào. yǐ jīng guò le èr shí fēn zhōng, méi yǒu rèn hé yí zhàn dào lái.
He glanced out the window. Still the tunnel. Twenty minutes had passed and no station had come.
èr shí fēn zhōng hòu, yí ge xiǎo nán hái zài lìng yì jiā diàn mén kǒu zhǎo dào le wǒ de qián bāo, dōng xi quán dōu zài. wǒ xiàng nà wèi lǎo bǎn dào xiè, tā zhǐ shì xiào xiao shuō: chū mén zài wài, dà jiā hù xiāng zhào gù.
Twenty minutes later, a little boy found my wallet at the entrance of another shop. Everything was still in it. I thanked the vendor, but he just smiled and said: when you're away from home, we all look out for each other.