Meaning
(a measure word); second
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “miao” becomes a different word in each tone. 秒 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 争分夺秒zhēng fēn duó miǎolit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
- 秒看miǎo kàn(coll.) to take in at a glance
- 秒回miǎo huí(neologism) (slang) to respond to a message within seconds
- 秒表miǎo biǎostopwatch
- 数秒shǔ miǎoto count the number of seconds (between two events)
Example Sentence
一分钟有六十秒。Yì fēn zhōng yǒu liù shí miǎo.There are sixty seconds in a minute.
一Yìone分钟fēn zhōngminute有yǒuto have六十liù shísixty秒miǎosecond (unit of time)。