鬧鐘

See also: 闹钟

Chinese

		make noise or disturbance	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (鬧鐘)		鬧	鐘
simp. (闹钟)		闹	钟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nàozhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁶ zung¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'lau⁵ zung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nau-chûng
• Eastern Min (BUC): nâu-cṳ̆ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nāu-cheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nao⁶ zêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nàozhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nàojhong
    • Wade–Giles: nao⁴-chung¹
    • Yale: nàu-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nawjong
    • Palladius: наочжун (naočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naau⁶ zung¹
    • Yale: naauh jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁶ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nao⁶ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'lau⁵ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈlau¹¹ t͡suŋ⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nau-chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: nau zung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nau⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /nau̯⁵⁵ t͡suŋ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nâu-cṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡau²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāu-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: nāu-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nauxzefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nãu²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nãu⁴¹⁻²² t͡siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nãu²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nãu³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãu³³⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nao⁶ zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nău tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡seŋ³³/

Noun

鬧鐘

1. alarm clock (Classifier: 個／个 m c)

   我要把我的鬧鐘設到早上六點。 [MSC, trad.]
   我要把我的闹钟设到早上六点。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yào bǎ wǒ de nàozhōng shè dào zǎoshang liù diǎn. [Pinyin]

   I need to set my alarm for 6 am.

   校鬧鐘／校闹钟 [Cantonese]  ―  gaau³ naau⁶ zung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to set one's alarm clock

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鬧鐘 (“alarm clock”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鬧鐘
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鬧鐘兒, 醒子, 醒子鐘
	Taiwan	鬧鐘
	Singapore	鬧鐘
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鬧鐘
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鬧鐘, 鬧錶
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	鬧鐘
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	鬧鐘
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鬧鐘
	Guiyang	鬧鐘
	Guilin	鬧鐘
	Liuzhou	鬧鐘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鬧鐘, 唥鐘
	Hong Kong	鬧鐘
Gan	Nanchang	鬧鐘
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鬧鐘, 鬧鐘仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬧鐘
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	亂鐘
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鬧鐘
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鬧鐘
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鬧鐘
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鬧鐘, 亂鐘
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鬧鐘
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鬧鐘
Huizhou	Jixi	鬧鐘
Jin	Xinzhou	鬧兒鐘
Southern Min	Xiamen	鬧鐘
	Zhao'an	鬧鐘
	Kaohsiung	亂鐘仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	亂鐘仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鬧鐘仔
	Tainan (Anping)	亂鐘仔, 鬧鐘
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	鬧鐘
	Suzhou	鬧鐘
	Jinhua	鬧鐘