cat1 dim2 zung1七點鐘七点钟
Jyutpingcat1 dim2 zung1
Yalechāt dím jūng
Definition
Seven o'clock.
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How it's used
Adding 鐘 at the end of a time expression is standard in spoken Cantonese to clarify that you are referring to the hour on the clock. While you can sometimes drop it in casual speech, keeping it helps distinguish the time from a duration of hours. It is very common to hear this used with the particle 嘅 to indicate a scheduled time.
Examples
Let's meet at the entrance at seven o'clock.
Common phrases
exactly seven o'clock
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Grammar guides
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- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
