秒

miǎo

beard of grain or corn; a second

How to write 秒, stroke by stroke

second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly

Pictophonetic: semantic 禾 (grain), phonetic 少

Made of 禾 + 少

秒钟miǎo zhōng(time) second
秒杀miǎo shā(Internet) flash sale; (sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent
微秒wēi miǎomicrosecond, µs, 10^-6 s
数秒shǔ miǎoto count the number of seconds (between two events)
毫秒háo miǎomillisecond, ms
皮秒pí miǎopicosecond, ps, 10^-12 s
秒回miǎo huí(neologism) (slang) to respond to a message within seconds
秒射miǎo shèto ejaculate within a few seconds during sex
秒懂miǎo dǒngto understand instantly
秒看miǎo kàn(coll.) to take in at a glance
秒秒钟miǎo miǎo zhōngin a matter of seconds; swiftly; rapidly
秒表miǎo biǎostopwatch

光一秒钟能够环绕地球七圈半。
guāng yì miǎo zhōng néng gòu huán rào dì qiú qī quān bàn 。
Light travels around the earth seven and a half times a second.
我失去了生命中的十五秒。
wǒ shī qù le shēng mìng zhòng de shí wǔ miǎo 。
I've lost 15 seconds of my life.
一分钟有六十秒。
yì fēn zhōng yǒu liù shí miǎo 。
A minute has sixty seconds.
这则讯息将在五秒后自动销毁。
zhè zé xùn xī jiāng zài wǔ miǎo hòu zì dòng xiāo huǐ 。
This message will self-destruct in five seconds.
一分钟有 60 秒。
yì fēn zhōng yǒu 6 0 miǎo 。
A minute has 60 seconds.