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秒

miǎo

beard of grain or corn; a second

Shadow
Strokes
9
Radical
禾
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5
Tone
3

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Example sentences

  • 分秒必争。

    Fēn miǎo bì zhēng

    Every minute counts.

  • 一分钟有六十秒。

    Yī fēn zhōng yǒu liù shí miǎo

    A minute has sixty seconds.

  • 我失去了生命中的十五秒。

    Wǒ shī qù le shēng mìng zhōng de shí wǔ miǎo

    I've lost 15 seconds of my life.

  • 六十分钟为一小时,一分钟由六十秒组成。

    Liù shí fēn zhōng wèi yī xiǎo shí yī fēn zhōng yóu liù shí miǎo zǔ chéng

    Sixty minutes make an hour, and a minute is made up of sixty seconds.

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Words containing 秒

  • 秒miǎo 3second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly
  • 争分夺秒zhēng fēn duó miǎo 1–1–2–3lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count