闹钟 (nào zhōng) — alarm clock

Definition

noun
alarm clock
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 闹钟
    Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng de nào zhōng jiào wǒ qǐ chuáng.
    My alarm clock wakes me up every morning.
  • 闹钟
    Qǐng nǐ bǎ nào zhōng tiáo hǎo, míng tiān wǒ men yào zǎo qǐ.
    Please set the alarm clock; we need to get up early tomorrow.
  • 闹钟
    Rú guǒ méi yǒu nào zhōng, wǒ kě néng huì chí dào.
    Without the alarm clock, I might be late.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

nàonoisy

闹 ('noisy') and 钟 ('clock') together mean a clock that rings to wake someone.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鬧; 闹 is its simplified writing.

  • dòuto fight
  • shìmarket; town

The traditional form 鬧 combines 鬥 (to fight) and 市 (market; town) to mean noisy.

Open 闹 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 钟 →

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