Hanzi

秒

second (unit of time)/arc second (angular measurement unit)/(coll.) instantly

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 5

Pinyin

miǎo

Bopomofo

ㄇㄧㄠˇ

Jyutping

miu5

Example sentences

秒 miǎo
一分鐘有六十秒。
一分钟有六十秒。

One minute has sixty seconds.

爭分奪秒 / 争分夺秒 zhēngfēnduómiǎo
救援人員正在爭分奪秒地搜救生還者。
救援人员正在争分夺秒地搜救生还者。

Rescue workers are racing against time to search for survivors.

Example Vocabulary

秒

miao3

second (unit of time)

秒殺

miao3'sha1

秒鍾

分秒必爭

fen1'miao3'bi4'zheng1

微秒

毫秒

hao2'miao3

爭分奪秒

zheng1'fen1'duo2'miao3

to race against time; to make every second count

秒表

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