Chinese Word: 秒 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

秒HSK 4

Pinyin: miǎo

English Definition: second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly

Chinese Definition:
①谷物种子壳上的芒，引申为细微，微小：秒忽(喻细微)。
②时间的计算单位，一分钟的六十分之一：秒表。秒针。
③弧和角的计算单位，一分的六十分之一。
④经纬度的计算单位，一分的六十分之一。
⑤古代长度单位，一寸的万分之一。
⑥古代容量单位，十撮为一秒。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 禾

Pictophonetic:少 indicates the sound; 禾 (grain) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 禾 [ hé ] cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk
- 少 [ shǎo ] few, little; less; inadequate

Similar Characters: 杪

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争分夺秒	zhēng fēn duó miǎo	lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
分秒必争	fēn miǎo bì zhēng	seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose; every moment counts
秒针	miǎo zhēn	second hand (of a clock)
毫秒	háo miǎo	millisecond, ms
秒表	miǎo biǎo	stopwatch

1		gāi 该 guàn jūn 冠军 lǐng xiān 领先 shí bā 十八 miǎo 秒。 The champion is leading by eighteen seconds.
2		shí jiān 时间 fēi shì 飞逝， zhǎ yǎn 眨眼 zhī jiān 之间 yī miǎo zhōng 一秒钟 yǐ jīng 已经 guò qù 过去 le 了。 Time flies, in the blink of an eye, one second has passed.
3		tā 他 pǎo dé 跑得 fēi kuài 飞快， yī miǎo zhōng 一秒钟 bú dào 不到 jiù 就 chōng 冲 guò 过 le 了 zhōng diǎn 终点。 He ran very fast and crossed the finish line in less than a second.
4		zài 在 nǐ 你 fā chū 发出 zhǐ lìng 指令 de 的 nà 那 yī miǎo zhōng 一秒钟， jī qì rén 机器人 biàn 便 huì 会 dòng qǐ lái 动起来。 At the moment you give the command, the robot will move.
5		zhè ge 这个 gōng zuò 工作 jǐn jǐn 仅仅 xū yào 需要 nǐ 你 yòng 用 yī miǎo zhōng 一秒钟 de 的 shí jiān 时间 jiù 就 kě yǐ 可以 wán chéng 完成。 This job only requires you to spend one second to complete.

1		gāi 该 guàn jūn 冠军 lǐng xiān 领先 shí bā 十八 miǎo 秒。 The champion is leading by eighteen seconds.
2		shí jiān 时间 fēi shì 飞逝， zhǎ yǎn 眨眼 zhī jiān 之间 yī miǎo zhōng 一秒钟 yǐ jīng 已经 guò qù 过去 le 了。 Time flies, in the blink of an eye, one second has passed.
3		tā 他 pǎo dé 跑得 fēi kuài 飞快， yī miǎo zhōng 一秒钟 bú dào 不到 jiù 就 chōng 冲 guò 过 le 了 zhōng diǎn 终点。 He ran very fast and crossed the finish line in less than a second.
4		zài 在 nǐ 你 fā chū 发出 zhǐ lìng 指令 de 的 nà 那 yī miǎo zhōng 一秒钟， jī qì rén 机器人 biàn 便 huì 会 dòng qǐ lái 动起来。 At the moment you give the command, the robot will move.
5		zhè ge 这个 gōng zuò 工作 jǐn jǐn 仅仅 xū yào 需要 nǐ 你 yòng 用 yī miǎo zhōng 一秒钟 de 的 shí jiān 时间 jiù 就 kě yǐ 可以 wán chéng 完成。 This job only requires you to spend one second to complete.