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秒
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seconds

HSK 5 N2
Abstract →Time
miǎo
ビョウ
초, 묘
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound.
Components
禾 standing grain+ 少 few =
秒 seconds
禾 Meaning component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
少 Phonetic component
shǎo few
few, less, inadequate
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Notes
Similar Characters
兼 double利 profit委 committee年 year朵 flouds秀 elegant秉 wield秊 harvest-year (archaic)秋 autumn稟 report to (trad)穆 reverent囷 round-shaped storage bin季 seasons犂 plow (iii)禿 bald (trad)私 private秃 bald (simp)秆 grain (simp)种 race (simp)科 department
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
秒
Regular
Modern
Chinese
秒 [miǎo]
second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly
Japanese
秒 びょう 同音

noun

  1. second (unit of time)
  2. arc second
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
私の時計は１日に５秒進みます。
My watch gains five seconds a day.
CHINESE WORDS (29)
秒钟 [miǎo​zhōng] #33,004
(time) second
秒钟 [miǎo​zhōng] #33,004
(time) second
争分夺秒 [zhēng​fēn​duó​miǎo] #30,384
lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
争分夺秒 [zhēng​fēn​duó​miǎo] #30,384
lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
秒表 [miǎo​biǎo] #26,672
stopwatch
分秒必争 [fēn​miǎo​bì​zhēng] #33,054
seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose
分秒必争 [fēn​miǎo​bì​zhēng] #33,054
seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose
毫秒 [háo​miǎo] #39,678
millisecond, ms
秒针 [miǎo​zhēn] #45,401
second hand (of a clock)
秒针 [miǎo​zhēn] #45,401
second hand (of a clock)
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JAPANESE WORDS (28)
数秒 [すうびょう] #4,155
a few seconds
一秒 [いちびょう] #6,132
one second
秒で [びょうで] #10,458
in an instant
秒針 [びょうしん] #24,413
second hand (of clock)
⭐ 秒読み [びょうよみ] #36,718
countdown
⭐ 秒速 [びょうそく] #39,616
speed per second
秒殺 [びょうさつ] #49,263
winning in a flash
毎秒 [まいびょう] #49,614
every second
寸秒 [すんびょう] #99,166
a moment
ミリ秒 [ミリびょう] #101,357
millisecond
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KOREAN WORDS (3)
초속
speed per second
초시계
stopwatch
초침
second hand