鍾 (zung1) — concentrate (one's affections, etc) in Cantonese
zungˉ¹鍾简 钟
Mandarin Pinyin: zhong1
Meaning of 鍾
nounconcentrate (one's affections, etc)
nounold version of 盅
nouna Chinese surname
Example Sentences with 鍾
neiˏ₅你zungˉ¹鍾mˎ₄唔zungˉ¹鍾ji˗₃意sikˍ₆食faaˉ¹花sangˉ¹生gaa˗₃㗎？
Do you like to eat peanuts?
我鍾意食薯條
I like to eat french fries
我乜都鍾意食
I like to eat everything.
我鍾意喺互聯網買嘢
I like to buy stuff on the internet.
I like to shop online/on the internet.
佢對寶華一見鍾情
It was love at first sight when he saw Bou Waa.
Words Containing 鍾
情有獨鍾cing4 yau5 duk6 zung1
have a special passion for; be passionate about a particular thing
鍾意zung1 ji3
like, be fond of; equivalent to Standard Chinese synonym:[國] 喜歡 | The Cantonese /zung1 ji3/ is also written as 中意, although that form has specific Mandarin senses more confined to love-related feelings. It is commonly miswritten as 鐘意.
龍鍾lung4 zung1
decrepit; senile
鍾情zung1 cing4
concentrate love on one person; madly in love
一見鍾情jat1 gin3 zung1 cing4
to fall in love at first sight
更鍾意gang3 zung1 ji3
prefer [written and colloquial]
比較鍾意bei2 gaau3 zung1 ji3
prefers [colloquial]
好鍾意hou2 zung1 ji3
to like a lot
有事鍾無艷無事夏迎春jau5 si6 zung1 mou4 jim6 mou4 si6 haa6 jing4 ceon1
come to me only when you need help in times of trouble
我鍾意你ngo5 zung1 ji3 nei5
I like you.
我鍾意食香蕉ngo5 zung1 ji3 sik6 hoeng1 ziu1
I like to eat bananas.
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