闹钟
nào zhōng
Pinyin

Definition

闹钟
 - 
nào zhōng
  1. alarm clock

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分钟
fēn zhōng
  1. 1 minute
热闹
rè nao
  1. 1 bustling with noise and excitement
  2. 2 lively
钟
zhōng
  1. 1 clock
  2. 2 o'clock
  3. 3 time as measured in hours and minutes
  4. 4 bell
  5. 5 CL:架[jià],座[zuò]
闹
nào
  1. 1 noisy
  2. 2 cacophonous
  3. 3 to make noise
  4. 4 to disturb
  5. 5 to vent (feelings)
  6. 6 to fall ill
  7. 7 to have an attack (of sickness)
  8. 8 to go in (for some activity)
  9. 9 to joke
闹钟
nào zhōng
  1. 1 alarm clock
吵闹
chǎo nào
  1. 1 noisy
  2. 2 raucous
  3. 3 to shout and scream
喧闹
xuān nào
  1. 1 to make a noise
  2. 2 noisy
大闹
dà nào
  1. 1 to cause havoc
  2. 2 to run amok
大闹天宫
Dà nào Tiān gōng
  1. 1 Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sūn Wù kōng] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
时钟
shí zhōng
  1. 1 clock
凑热闹
còu rè nao
  1. 1 to join in the fun
  2. 2 to get in on the action
  3. 3 (fig.) to butt in
  4. 4 to create more trouble
无理取闹
wú lǐ qǔ nào
  1. 1 to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative
生物钟
shēng wù zhōng
  1. 1 biological clock
秒钟
miǎo zhōng
  1. 1 (time) second
胡闹
hú nào
  1. 1 to act willfully and make a scene
  2. 2 to make trouble
钟楼
Zhōng lóu
  1. 1 Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[Cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu
钟表
zhōng biǎo
  1. 1 clock
钟头
zhōng tóu
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
钟点
zhōng diǎn
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 specified time
闹剧
nào jù
  1. 1 farce
  2. 2 CL:場|场[chǎng],齣|出[chū],幕[mù]

Idioms (10)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng
  1. 1 love at first sight (idiom)
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
  1. 1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
做一天和尚撞一天钟
zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng
  1. 1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
  3. 3 to hold a position passively
大吵大闹
dà chǎo dà nào
  1. 1 to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss
  2. 2 to make a scene
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng
  1. 1 lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
  2. 2 the passage of time in a disciplined existence
无理取闹
wú lǐ qǔ nào
  1. 1 to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative
台上一分钟，台下十年功
tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng
  1. 1 ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
  1. 1 lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
  2. 2 good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哎呀，你是不知道，早上叫醒我的可不是闹钟，而是对美好一天的憧憬和完美的晨间体验！
āiyā ，nǐ shì bù zhīdào ，zǎoshang jiàoxǐng wǒ de kěbushì nàozhōng ，érshì duì měihǎo yītiān de chōngjǐng hé wánměi de chénjiān tǐyàn ！
Come on, it's not like you don't know, what wakes me up in the morning ain't the alarm clock. It's the longing for an amazing day and the perfect morning experience.
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其实你知道吗？早起倒逼得我养成了早睡的好习惯，我以前一度也是“晚上刷手机睡不着，早上闹钟叫醒不来”，而很多早起的人都能早睡，这是睡眠守恒定律。哈哈。
qíshí nǐ zhīdào ma ？zǎoqǐ dào bī de wǒ yǎngchéng le zǎo shuì de hǎo xíguàn ，wǒ yǐqián yīdù yě shì “wǎnshang shuā shǒujī shuì bu zháo ，zǎoshang nàozhōng jiào xǐngbùlái ”，ér hěn duō zǎoqǐ de rén dōu néng zǎo shuì ，zhè shì shuìmián shǒuhéng dìnglǜ 。hāhā 。
You know what? Waking up early has actually forced me to get into the habit of going to bed early. I also went through a phase of "if I don't use my phone at night I can't sleep and I can't wake up in the morning even with an alarm". In actual fact, most people that rise early, head to bed early. That's the laws of quality sleep! haha.
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闹钟一响我就醒来。
nàozhōng yī xiǎng wǒ jiù xǐnglái 。
As soon as the alarm rings, I wake up.
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我也有一个闹钟。
wǒ yě yǒu yīgē nàozhōng 。
I have an alarm clock.
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张经理不好意思，我闹钟没响，起晚了。
Zhāng jīnglǐ bùhǎoyìsi ，wǒ nàozhōng méi xiǎng ，qǐ wǎn le 。
I'm sorry, Manager Zhang. My alarm clock didn't go off. I got up too late.
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定闹钟了吗？
dìng nàozhōng le ma ？
Did you set the alarm clock?
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