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秒

miǎo

HSK 5 Character

What 秒 means

1. second (unit of time)
2. arc second (angular measurement unit)
3. colloquialinstantly

Example sentences

• 分秒必争。
  Fēnmiǎobìzhēng.
  Every minute counts.
• 一分钟有六十秒。
  A minute has sixty seconds.
• 一分钟有 60 秒。
  A minute has 60 seconds.
• 我失去了生命中的十五秒。
  Wǒ shīqù le shēngmìng zhōng de shí wǔ miǎo.
  I've lost 15 seconds of my life.
• 这则讯息将在五秒后自动销毁。
  Zhè zé xùnxí jiāng zài wǔ miǎo hòu zìdòng xiāohuǐ.
  This message will self-destruct in five seconds.
• "每秒六便士" 鲍勃提醒她。
  "Six pence per second," Bob reminds her.

Words starting with 秒

• 秒回miǎo huí(neologism; slang) to respond to a message within seconds
• 秒射miǎo shèto ejaculate within a few seconds during sex
• 秒懂miǎo dǒngto understand instantly
• 秒杀miǎo shā(Internet) flash sale; (sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent
• 秒看miǎo kàn(colloquial) to take in at a glance
• 秒表miǎo biǎostopwatch
• 秒针miǎo zhēnsecond hand (of a clock)
• 秒钟miǎo zhōng(time) second
• 秒差距miǎo chā jùparsec (astronomy)
• 秒秒钟miǎo miǎo zhōngin a matter of seconds; swiftly; rapidly

Words containing 秒

• 争分夺秒zhēng fēn duó miǎolit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
• 毫秒háo miǎomillisecond, ms
• 微秒wēi miǎomicrosecond, µs, 10^-6 s
• 数秒shǔ miǎoto count the number of seconds (between two events)
• 皮秒pí miǎopicosecond, ps, 10^-12 s
• 纳秒nà miǎonanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC); Taiwan equivalent: 奈秒
• 读秒dú miǎoto count down the remaining seconds (e.g. in games, rocket launches, New Year's Eve)…
• 阿秒ā miǎo(physics) attosecond (10⁻¹⁸ s)
• 飞秒fēi miǎofemtosecond, fs, 10^-15 s
• 分秒必争fēn miǎo bì zhēngseize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose; every moment counts
• 每分每秒měi fēn měi miǎoeach and every moment
• 角秒符号jiǎo miǎo fú hàodouble prime symbol (″) (math., linguistics etc)
• 奈秒nài miǎonanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Tw); PRC equivalent: 纳秒
• 闰秒rùn miǎoleap second
• 三秒胶sān miǎo jiāo(Taiwan) superglue

Characters built on 少

These share the phonetic component 少 (shǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 妙miàoclever; wonderful
• 眇miǎoblind in one eye; blind; tiny
• 杪miǎothe limit; tip of branch

Characters that look like 秒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 砂shāsand; gravel; granule
• 柠níngused in 柠檬
• 籽zǐseed (of a plant)
• 狞níngfierce-looking
• 枋fāngSantalum album; square wooden pillar

Sounds the same

Read miǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 渺(of an expanse of water) vast; distant and indistinct; tiny or insignificant
• 藐to despise; small; variant of 渺
• 邈profound; remote
• 淼a flood; infinity
• 缈used in 缥缈
• 眇blind in one eye; blind; tiny
• 杪the limit; tip of branch