How to say “alarm clock” in Chinese
alarm clock
“Alarm clock” in Chinese is 闹钟, nào zhōng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
闹钟 is read nào zhōng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Outside, 门 “gate”; inside, 市 “market”: a market at the gate is noisy. In 热闹 it's read in the neutral tone: nao.
On the left, 钅 “metal”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “闹钟”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 闹钟. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 闹钟一响我就立刻起床了nàozhōngyìxiǎng,wǒjiùlìkèqǐchuángleAs soon as the alarm went off, I got up.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “alarm clock” in Chinese?
“Alarm clock” in Chinese is 闹钟, pinyin nàozhōng.
What does 闹钟 mean?
闹钟 (nàozhōng) means “alarm clock”.
How do you write 闹钟?
闹钟 is 2 characters: 闹 (nào) — make noise; noisy; 钟 (zhōng) — clock, bell. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 闹钟?
闹钟 is read nàozhōng. Tones: nào — fourth tone, zhōng — first tone. The page has an audio recording.
“alarm clock” in the lesson “Who did this?”
This word is from the topic “Home and neighbors” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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