鐘頭

See also: 钟头

Chinese

		clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (鐘頭)		鐘	頭
simp. (钟头)		钟	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung¹ tau⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung¹ heu³
Jin (Wiktionary): zung¹ tou¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tson-deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongtóu
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: jūng-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongtour
  - Palladius: чжунтоу (čžuntou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: jūng tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zuung¹ heu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵŋ³³ heu²²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zung¹ tou¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suŋ¹¹ tʰəu¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tson-deu
  - MiniDict: tson^平 deu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

Noun

鐘頭

(colloquial) hour (Classifier: 個／个 m c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小時 (“hour (counting)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †, 鐘點
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †
	Harbin	鐘頭 †, 鐘點兒 †
	Malaysia	小時 †
	Singapore	小時 †, 鐘頭 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鐘頭 †
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鐘頭兒 †, 鐘點兒 †
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	鐘頭兒 †
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	鐘頭 †
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鐘頭子 †
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鐘 †, *, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 ×
	Hong Kong	鐘 †, §, 鐘頭 †
	Taishan	鐘頭 †
	Dongguan	點鐘 ×
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鐘 †
	Penang (Guangfu)	鐘 †
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鐘 †
Gan	Nanchang	鐘頭 †
Gan	Lichuan	鐘頭 †
Hakka	Meixian	點鐘 ×
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	點鐘 ×
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	點鐘 ×
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	點鐘 ×
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	點鐘 ×
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	點鐘 ×
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	點鐘 ×
Huizhou	Jixi	鐘頭 †
Jin	Taiyuan	鐘頭 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	點鐘 ×, 鐘頭 ¶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	點鐘 ×
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	點鐘 ×
Southern Min	Xiamen	點鐘 ×
	Shishi	點鐘 ×
	Tainan	點鐘 ×
	Penang (Hokkien)	點鐘 ×
	Singapore (Hokkien)	點鐘 ×
	Manila (Hokkien)	點鐘 ×
	Chaozhou	點鐘 ×
	Shantou	點鐘 ×
	Shantou (Chenghai)	點鐘 ×
	Jieyang	點鐘 ×
	Singapore (Teochew)	點鐘 ×
	Haikou	鐘頭 †
	Singapore (Hainanese)	點鐘 ×
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鐘 †, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 ×
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	點鐘 ×
Wu	Shanghai	鐘頭 †
	Danyang	鐘頭 †
	Ningbo	鐘頭 †
Note	† - requires the classifier 個; ‡ - can be used with or without the classifier 個; § - requires the classifier 粒; * - requires the classifier 句; ¶ - requires the classifier 隻; × - cannot be used with a classifier