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Time

Time (2) - 下

hour	時鐘	si4 zung1 (zee joong)	hour (alt)	小時	siu2 si4 (syoo see)
hour (alt)	鐘頭	zung1 tau4 (joong tau)粵	minute	分鐘	fan1 zung1 (fun joong)
second	秒	miu5 (myoo)	time	時間	si4 gaan1 (zee garn)
1 hour	一小時	jat1 siu2 si4 (yat siu zee)	1 hour	一個鐘	jat1 go3 zung1 (yat goh joong)粵
1 o'clock	一時正	jat1 si4 zing3 (yat zee jing) 國	1 o'clock	一點鐘	jat1 dim2 zung1 (yat deem joong) 粵
2 o'clock	二時正	ji6 si4 zing3 (yee zee jing) 國	2 o'clock	兩點鐘	loeng5 dim2 zung1 (leung deem joong) 粵
4 o'clock (short version)	四點	sei3 dim2 (say deem) 粵	exactly 3 o'clock	三點正	saam1 dim2 zing3 (sarm deem jing) 粵
1:05	一點一	jat1 dim2 jat1 粵	1:05	一點零五分	jat1 dim2 ling4 ng5 fan1粵
1:10	一點二	sei3 dim2 ji6 粵	1:10	一點十分	jat1 dim2 sap6 fan1粵
6:45	六點九	luk6 dim2 gau2 粵	6:45	六點四十五分	luk6 dim2 sei3 sap6 ng5 fan1粵
3:30	三點半	saam1 dim2 bun3粵	clock	時鐘	si4 zung1 (zee joong)

Character Analysis

分 = 'divide' - this is easy to remember, note it is a knife, 刀﹐ cutting the radical 八 above it.
鐘 = clock 間 = interval, space between things 頭 = head 點 = dot, point, hours 正 = exactly 半 = half
六點九 etc - here, the last number refers to the clock face. So five past is 1, ten past is 2, quarter past is 3 etc.