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The Chinese word zhongtou - 钟头 - zhōngtóu
(hour in Chinese)



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Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)

zhōngtóu

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English translation

hour

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Chinese characters  ( zhongtou / zhōngtóu ) with pronunciation (English translation: hour )

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钟头 ( zhongtou / zhōngtóu ) is composed of these characters: 钟 (zhong) , 头 (tou)
钟头 ( zhongtou / zhōngtóu ) in traditional characters
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Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 钟头 ( zhongtou / zhōngtóu ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).

Wo dengle ni liang ge zhongtou.
Wǒ děngle nǐ liǎng gè zhōngtóu.
 – English translation: I waited two hours for you.

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钟头 ( zhongtou / zhōngtóu ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 661)
More words that mean hour in Chinese
shí ( 时 ), xiǎoshí ( 小时 )

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