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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 警钟
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 警钟 | jǐng zhōng | - alarm bell |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 8 | 17,817 | 19,174 | 24,083 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 警 | jǐng | - to alert - to warn - police |
| 钟 | zhōng | - surname Zhong |
| 钟 | zhōng | - handleless cup; goblet - (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc) - variant of 鐘|钟[zhong1] |
| 钟 | zhōng | - a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]) - clock (CL:座[zuo4]) - amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc) |
Other Words Containing 警钟
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 警钟 | - | 8 | 17,817 | 19,174 | 24,083 |