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秒
miǎo
1. second (of time)
2. unit of angle or arc equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

秒
miǎo
a second; a corn kernel; measure word for time
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (15)

飞秒
fēimiǎo
femtosecond, fs, 10^-15 s
秒杀
miǎoshā
(Internet) flash sale
秒表
miǎobiǎo
stopwatch
秒针
miǎozhēn
second hand (of a clock)
秒钟
miǎozhōng
(time) second
纳秒
nàmiǎo
nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC)
奈秒
nàimiǎo
nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Taiwan)
微秒
wēimiǎo
microsecond, µs, 10^-6 s
毫秒
háomiǎo
millisecond, ms
皮秒
pímiǎo
picosecond, ps, 10^-12 s
三秒胶
sānmiǎojiāo
superglue
秒差距
miǎochājù
parallax second or parsec or pc, astronomic unit of distance, approx 3.26 light years
分秒必争
fēnmiǎobìzhēng
seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose
争分夺秒
zhēngfēnduómiǎo
lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
每分每秒
měifēnměimiǎo
all the time

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
2,027
Word Frequency Rank
1,168 of 84,292

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