秒 — Chinese character
秒
miǎo
a second; a corn kernel; measure word for time
- Pinyin
- miǎo
- Radical
- 115 ⽲ (Grain)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 禾 少
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grain; meaning component 禾; sound component 少
- Japanese
- 秒 as a kanji
Common words with 秒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秒钟 (秒鐘) | miǎo zhōng | (time) second |
| 秒杀 (秒殺) | miǎo shā | (Internet) flash sale; (sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent |
| 毫秒 | háo miǎo | millisecond, ms |
| 数秒 (數秒) | shǔ miǎo | to count the number of seconds (between two events) |
| 争分夺秒 (爭分奪秒) | zhēng fēn duó miǎo | lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count |
| 秒针 (秒針) | miǎo zhēn | second hand (of a clock) |
| 秒表 | miǎo biǎo | stopwatch |
| 分秒必争 (分秒必爭) | fēn miǎo bì zhēng | seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose; every moment counts |
| 读秒 (讀秒) | dú miǎo | to count down the remaining seconds (e.g. in games, rocket launches, New Year's Eve); (of a boxing referee) to administer the count following a knock-down, star |
| 微秒 | wēi miǎo | microsecond, µs, 10^-6 s |
| 纳秒 (納秒) | nà miǎo | nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC); Taiwan equivalent: 奈秒 (nài miǎo) |
| 飞秒 (飛秒) | fēi miǎo | femtosecond, fs, 10^-15 s |
English words written with 秒
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