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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

钟头 [zhōngtóu]
  1. 1. [verbal] hour
    这出戏演了三个半钟头
    The play lasted for three and a half hours.
    两个钟头过去了,他还没回来。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

钟头 [zhōngtóu]
  1. 1. 指一个小时的时间。
    一个钟头的路程|
    用一个钟头干完。

Examples

我比你早来一个钟头
I came an hour earlier than you did.
我们下午虽然只干了两个钟头,可是很出活。
We worked only two hours in the afternoon, but we accomplished a lot. 出活
票不到一个钟头就卖得精光。
All the tickets sold out in an hour. 精光
他连说了三个钟头
He spoke continuously for three hours.
估计得走那么三、四个钟头才能到。
I think it will take three or four hours to get there. 那么
我实足等了两个钟头
I waited for two solid hours. 实足
他折腾了好几个钟头才睡着。
He tossed about in bed for hours before he got to sleep. 折腾
路上足足走了两个钟头
The journey took fully two hours.
半个钟头过了,她还没有回来。
双方对峙了一个钟头 对峙

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