秒 (miu5 | miao3) : second (time)

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秒

miu5

miao3

[1] [n] beard of grain or corn [2] [n] second (said of time or degree)

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 禾 (#115)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

秒

This word has been viewed 5378 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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秒忽 miu5 fat1 = an infinitesmal number

秒鐘 miu5 zung1 = second (1/60th of a minute)

毫秒 hou4 miu5 hao2 miao3 = millisecond

秒錶 miu5 biu2/1 miao3 biao3 = stopwatch

秒表 miu5 biu2*1 miao3 biao3 = stopwatch; chronograph

分秒必爭 fan1 miu5 bit1 zang1 = seize every moment

爭分奪秒 zang1 fan1 dyut6 miu5 zheng1 fen1 duo2 miao3 = fighting for time; race against time

Showing all 3 examples containing 秒

一分鐘有六十秒。
There are sixty seconds in a minute.

連一秒我都唔可以嘥粵
I can't waste even a second.
[Lit. even one second I also not-allowed waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]

我一秒都唔可以嘥粵
I can't waste even a second.
[Lit. I one second also cannot waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]

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Decimal representation of this word: 秒
Unicode code for this character: U+79D2 (off-site link)

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