點鐘

點鐘

1. o'clock

   五點鐘／五点钟 [Cantonese]  ―  ng⁵ dim² zung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  five o'clock

2. (dialectal) hour

   • 伊企hia有幾若點鐘久，到日暗，顧公所ê人來hōaⁿ伊ê肩頭講：「Iáu-bōe，反轉。」 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     伊企hia有几若点钟久，到日暗，顾公所ê人来hōaⁿ伊ê肩头讲：「Iáu-bōe，反转。」 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1889, "Si̍t-tián-má", in 台灣府城教會報 Tâi-ôan Hú-siâⁿ Kàu-hōe-pò, volumes 50–51

     I khiā hia ū kúi-nā tiám-cheng kú, kàu ji̍t-àm, kò͘ kong-só͘ ê lâng lâi hōaⁿ i ê keng-thâu kóng: “Iáu-bōe, hoán-tńg.” [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 一日讀幾多點鐘書呢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     一日读几多点钟书呢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1902, J. Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, 54

     jat¹ jat⁶ duk⁶ gei² do¹ dim² zung¹ syu¹ ni¹. [Jyutping]

     How many hours do you study a day?

   • 一點鐘行得幾多里路度呢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     一点钟行得几多里路度呢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1907, J. Dyer Ball, Cantonese Made Easy, 28

     jat¹ dim² zung¹ haang⁴ dak¹ gei² do¹ lei⁵ lou⁶ dou^6-2 ni¹. [Jyutping]

     How many li will it go in an hour?

   • 我那個鬼地方連請兩點鐘假，也要扣薪水 [MSC, trad.]
     我那个鬼地方连请两点钟假，也要扣薪水 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1947, Ba Jin, 寒夜 [Cold Nights], bilingual edition, →ISBN, chapter 3

     wǒ nàge guǐ dìfāng lián qǐng liǎng diǎnzhōng jià, yě yào kòu xīnshuǐ [Pinyin]

     They'll deduct my salary even for a two hour absence. That damn place!

3. (Puxian Min) clock

• Unlike Mandarin and Cantonese, this word is not used for o'clock in Southern Min. For o'clock, simply use 點／点 (tiám) (ex. saⁿ-tiám = 3 o'clock).

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• “點鐘”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “点钟”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 149.