Definition

Examples

• 现在时针指在十二点上。
  Xiànzài shí zhēn zhǐ zài shí'èr diǎn shàng.
  Now the hour hand is pointing at twelve.
• 这只手表的时针不太准。
  Zhè zhī shǒubiǎo de shí zhēn bú tài zhǔn.
  This watch's hour hand isn't very accurate.
• 看时针就知道已经下午三点了。
  Kàn shí zhēn jiù zhīdào yǐjīng xiàwǔ sān diǎn le.
  Looking at the hour hand tells you it's already three in the afternoon.