miǎo

HSK 5
common
technical
quantifier

Meaning of

秒 means second (time unit); second (angular unit). Pronounced miǎo. HSK 5.

  • second (time unit)
  • second (angular unit)
  • second (geographic coordinate unit)

Character Info

Radical
Strokes9
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Duǎn
pǎo
yùn
dòng
yuán
de
chéng
jīng
què
dào
bǎi
fēn
zhī
miǎo
 

Sprinters' results can be accurate to one hundredth of a second.

pǎo
wán
1
bǎi0
0
zhǐ
yòng
le
jiǔ
miǎo9
shí8
sān3
 

He finished the 100-meter race in just 9.83 seconds.

jié
yǒu
4
shí5
fēn
 
zhōng
jiù
shì2
èr7
qiān0
0
bǎi
 

One class lasts 45 minutes, which is 2700 seconds.

Xīn
zàng
měi
fēn
zhōng
yuē
tiào
dòng
liù6
shí0
dào
1
bǎi0
0
 
jiù
shì
měi
miǎo
dào1
èr
2
 
 

The heart beats about 60 to 100 times per minute, which is 1 to 2 times per second.

Dǎo
shí
kāi
shǐ
 
shí1
jiǔ0
 
9
 
……8
sān
èr
3
 
xīn2
 
nián1
 
kuài
 
 
 

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