夠鐘

See also: 够钟

Chinese

		to reach; to be enough	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (夠鐘)		夠	鐘
simp. (够钟)		够	钟

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ zung¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau³ zung¹
  - Yale: gau jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo³ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

夠鐘

(Cantonese) it's time; time's up
夠鐘！請停筆！／够钟！请停笔！ [Cantonese] ― gau³ zung¹! ceng² ting⁴ bat¹! [Jyutping] ― Time's up! Stop writing! (spoken in an examination)

夠鐘食藥啦！／够钟食药啦！ [Cantonese] ― gau³ zung¹ sik⁶ joek⁶ laa¹! [Jyutping] ― It's time to take your medicine! / Stop being mad! (sarcastic)

啲學生夠鐘落堂就即刻衝嗮出去喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
啲学生够钟落堂就即刻冲嗮出去喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]
di¹ hok⁶ saang¹ gau³ zung¹ lok⁶ tong⁴ zau⁶ zik¹ hak¹ cung¹ saai³ ceot¹ heoi³ laa³. [Jyutping]
The students immediately rushed out when it's time for class to end.

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