秒 miǎo▶ second

Example sentences

• 这场比赛只用了十秒。Zhè chǎng bǐsài zhǐ yòng le shí miǎo.This race took only ten seconds.
• 请等我几秒钟。Qǐng děng wǒ jǐ miǎo zhōng.Please wait a few seconds for me.

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HSK 4 — upper-intermediate proficiency: 600 new words, 1,200 in all. You can converse fluently on a wide range of topics with native speakers. In HSK 3.0, 秒 is in band 5. HSK 4 explained

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This is the word for second.

中秒。

中这场比赛只用了十秒。

This race took only ten seconds.

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Stroke order

秒 is written in 9 strokes.

• 秒

Senses

1. second (unit of time)
2. arc second (angular measurement unit)
3. (coll.) instantly

Related words

• 免费free of charge, free
• 民族ethnic group; nationality (a people)

秒 is pronounced miǎo and means “second”.